Monthly Archives: April 2009

Cub – Vacation

Over a decade ago, I received a mix tape with Cub’s Hello Kitty on it. I remember continuously rewinding the tape to the start of that song for weeks. (Visit the Cub Home Page for a trip down website memory lane, it’s truly precious.) A few days ago I dug up a box full of [...]

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Great Lake Swimmers – Pulling On A Line

Today I listened to the Great Lake Swimmers. Yesterday and the days before that I did too. And when I didn’t listen to them, I hummed their songs and thought about how lovely their new album is. Lost Channels was released on the last day of March and has already conquered a spot on my [...]

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Au Revoir Simone – Another Likely Story

Pre last.fm, I listened to Au Revoir Simone‘s Verses Of Comfort, Assurance & Salvation regularly for months. After 2005, I guess due to an external hard disk crash causing me to lose the majority of my so carefully downloaded and correctly tagged 150GB music library, I totally forgot about the existence of this band (and [...]

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Emilyn Brodsky – Always Mean It

Could anyone resist listening to an album that’s called Emily Brodsky’s Greatest Tits? Not I, for sure. Verdict: Cute! The songs are at least, I cannot judge body parts I have never seen but I am a very trusting person so I will just take her word for it. Here’s Always Mean It by Emilyn [...]

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The View – Give Back The Sun

After reading a few mediocre reviews online, I was in no hurry to listen to The View‘s Which Bitch that was released in February of this year. Only this month the album made its way to my iTunes and my iPod. As I was crossing the Oberkasseler Brücke accross the Rhine this morning, the intro [...]

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