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Veronica Falls – Veronica Falls

13 February 2012 by Leave a Comment

I’m thinking of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre. That shack that ol’ Leatherface called home — a house in the middle of a homestead riddled with bones and deteriorating corpses and bodies stuffed in iceboxes. I admit that I haven’t actually seen the film (horror movies are one of my chronic weaknesses), but the sentiment is [...]

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ABBA – Arrival

12 September 2011 by Leave a Comment

The Swedes.  They’re the fourth most democratic nation in the world, they’ve got free universal healthcare, their tuition is government-subsidized and they haven’t been at war since 1814.  But, without fail, bringing up Sweden will eventually lead to a conversation either about how great the meatballs are at IKEA or how ABBA rules/sucks/exists. It’s true [...]

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Sleigh Bells – Treats

15 August 2011 by Leave a Comment

I have a serious love/hate relationship with this record.  It’s full on manic-depressive.  Flat out unhealthy.  In the time it takes Sleigh Bells to finish one track, usually around three minutes, a self-contained soap opera occurs in my headspace: “Oh, wow.  That kickdrum just shook my brain in its fucking skull.” “What the fuck is [...]

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Deerhunter – Microcastle…

11 April 2011 by Leave a Comment

Did you ever feel the floor come out from under your feet?  Or have the walls of consciousness come crumbling down in a single sweeping gesture?  Do you know what it feels like to die? I’m sure everyone sees something different at the end of that long dark tunnel, but I suspect Deerhunter’s vision looks [...]

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