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• Praise and Malaise

  Gang Gang Dance - Saint Dymphna Review (In Real Time)

  10.13.08 | Permalink | 3 Comments

  So here’s the drill. Gang Gang Dance’s Saint Dymphna is out on October 21st on Social Registry. I have an advance copy and am going to sit down, listen, and blog my review/experience live, and hopefully, won’t have the egregious grammatical errors that plagued the Deerhunter real time review.
  As far as the music that [...]

• Praise and Malaise

  Deerhunter - Weird Era Cont. Review (In Real Time)

  08.29.08 | Permalink | 5 Comments

  **For maximum effect, please read the opening paragraph with the inflection of a radio theater narrator circa 1955 or so**
  When we last left our heroes, Kenny Bloggins and friends were destroying the paradigm of lame and old hat record reviews with a critique of Microcastle in real-time, before your very eyes. After careful consideration and [...]

• Praise and Malaise

  Deerhunter - Microcastle Review (In Real Time)

  08.27.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  Inspired by the Deerhunter blog debacle that unfurled before everyone’s eyes in real time last week, I’d like to review the new Deerhunter stereophonic delight Microcastle also in real time. Microcastle is available now on iTunes, and will be realized in the third dimension on October 28, courtesy of the smartest people alive - Kranky [...]

• News, Praise and Malaise

  New Brian Wilson Streaming Online, New Verve Also Streaming (and Kinda Sucks)

  08.22.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  I haven’t heard it yet, since I’m typing this very post from work and the tyrants have firewalled all streaming content, but you probably can (and should) go on and czech the new Brian Wilson jam That Old Lucky Sun from now until Sept. 1 (the day before its release). And, for whatever reason, [...]

• Praise and Malaise

  The Black Angels - Directions to See a Ghost

  06.30.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  This was originally written for the CHIRP blog when the album came out about a month ago. So, yeah, this is old news, but I’m posting it on here anyway for your consideration and to consolidate all of my writing in one place. Enjoy!

  The Black Angels are neither original nor inventive. But in [...]