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Greatest Un-Hits: Peter Bjorn and John’s “Second Chance” (2011)
Peter Bjorn and John’s “Young Folks” is the most indie rock indie rock song of all time. They’ve got all the checklist items covered: odd band name, maudlin lyrics about youth, catchy hook, sleepy
Read More »Here’s Something Else!: Rock Classics That You Don’t Have to Love
Amidst all the talk of rock music's Seminal Works, Forgotten Gems, and Timeless Standards, there remain a few things that should have been left unsung. And we don't mean unsung in the good way
Read More »CD Review: Cocktail Slippers, “Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre”
Cocktail Slippers, Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre (2009, Wicked Cool) Purchase this album at Amazon.com Isn’t it funny how quite often the finest practitioners of rock and roll—that most American of art forms—are those whose
Read More »CD Review: Various Artists, “The Coolest Songs in the World! Vol. 8″
Various Artists – The Coolest Songs in the World! Vol. 8 (2009, Wicked Cool) Purchase this album (Amazon) Let us now praise famous do-rag-wearing guitarist/songwriter/deejay/record execs. Now, unless Clive Davis has a couple side
Read More »Hooks ‘N’ You: Random Reminiscing From the Averett Years
I can say without hesitation that today’s Hooks ‘N’ You was written more quickly and with less forethought in the history of the column, but whether that’s a good thing or a bad thing
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