Archive for December, 2012
I Bet on Dinosaur Jr.
The J. Mascis Attack continued strong in 2012 with the album I Bet on Sky. The bizarre thing looking at music influenced by their peers, it seems no one has really been able improve on the Dinosaur Jr. sound. Like the weird taste in the water at your aunt’s house, these guys’ distinctive tinge lingers […]
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Music Noir
Flying under most people’s radars this year was another 60s-beholden effort by Manchester’s Jim Noir. The record, Jimmy’s Show, plays to Noir’s strengths- clean production, folky acoustics, crisp electrics, relaxed Kinks-styled melodies. Whereas the previous self-titled record (Jim Noir) featured slightly more contemporary Super Furry Animals-esque takes on the classic pop canon with numbers such […]
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Christmas Songs That Don’t Suck?
Believers AND Secular Shoppers- There are a number of reasons to enjoy, and perhaps loathe, the “holiday season”. But, at this point, isn’t the whole anti-Christmas routine of saying “I hate going home”, “I feel so lonely” and “I don’t want anymore socks”, getting increasingly lame? Not that dreading holiday fervor is unmerited- AND personally […]
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