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July 26, 2008

See the first of these posts for an explanation of these clips & summaries.

Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
Echo & the Bunnymen merge with the Pixies and set out to create Bruce-Springsteen-like anthems…

The National - Boxer
The Church doing an Alt-country soundtrack for a Gus Van Sant film.

The Tough Alliance -A New Chance
All those too-queer-blonde-guys in Haircut 100 get old and do a parody of themselves with more synths and samples, except now they’re, um, Swedish.



July 1, 2008

A friend challenged me to take Pitchfork Media’s Top 50 of 2007 and review each artist in 25 words or less. I accepted. When the little Amazon gizmo loads below, take a listen for yourself.

Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
Alt-rock 21st century Squeeze with less reverb.



June 19, 2008

A friend challenged me to take Pitchfork Media’s Top 50 of 2007 and review each artist in 25 words or less. I accepted. When the little Amazon gizmo loads below, take a listen for yourself.

Okkervil River - The Stage Names
The singer from Rusted Root gets a larynx transplant from Ian McCulloch and joins the Strokes.



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