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New Victor Villarreal stuff

October 28, 2009

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News of Victor’s new shows have trickled down to me. Ghosts and Vodka are one of the best. Will buy anything he puts out. Also: dammit.

Christine Fellows –> [Jenny Owen Youngs | Laura Gibson] –> Julie Doiron –> Frida Hyvönen

October 9, 2009

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After the oppressive days of summer—as if on some sort of seasonal schedule—October rolled into Oakland and my favorite time of year arrived. The chillier, darker-earlier days unlocked a desire to listen to female Canadian folksingers or singer/songwriters, or what have you. This sentiment was identical to the one I had three years ago when [...]

Open letter to my wife, or why I still need to talk about Spineless but probably not at home anymore

August 13, 2009

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Nicole:
As you may know, since I have been talking about them nonstop, much to your growing annoyance, Matt’s recent discovery from the Spineless archives is amazing. A live, distorted blown out spectacle of sound and I haven’t listen to much of anything else since it arrived. Hearing “Asgard Scimitar” for the first time in 10+ [...]

Get Well Soon, Davey Pierce [Of Montreal played The Fox]

July 26, 2009

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Something seemed odd when Of Montreal took the stage: Davey Pierce wasn’t playing the bass, his arm was in a cast…and he was playing a keyboard. Man, I can’t tell you how much I was I was hoping for a repeat of the night Davey rocked my world and played some of the best bass [...]