Notes on Music: Vivian Girls, Obits, 2 Boris Albums in One Day, Knapsack and More

Posted by Jason Diamond I feel like I heard a million people telling me that they thought the Vivian Girls were a one trick pony of drum banging, guitar slashing, reverb heavy noise pop.  I guess either I started to listen to the naysayers, or I just got burnt out by seeing them playing every other day of the week for what seemed like two years straight years. The band is back with a new album in April, Share the […]

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Bites: Turdsworth, the man who makes Pekar tweet, The Twilight Sad, and more

Romantics get saucy!  Lord Byron referred to William Wordsworth as “Turdsworth” in a letter.  Now somebody can own that letter, and many others by the poet. Are we excited seeing trailers for the new Wes Anderson film, Fantastic Mr. Fox?  Yes we are. Lit. Jeff Newelt: The man, the myth, the dude who tweets for Harvey Pekar. Nick Cave: “An aspirant solipsist” Starbucks saved a life, but how was the book? After all this zombie talk, it was finally time […]

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