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ARCHIVE 08 / 2008


OKKERbon rIVER

Posted by Hartley On Aug 26, 2008

Well check out this double Bank Robber Music bombshell: The man with the sexiest facial hair since I was rocking the facial hair, Bon Iver, douses his falsetto all over "Blue Tulip," a "stand-out" (hehe) on Okkervil River's n... Read More

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RICHARD SWIFT: The Next Amy Winehouse

Posted by Hartley On Aug 21, 2008

It's the Suzuki Swift Sport!Los Angeles songwriter, Richard Swift, is nothing if not prolific. However, unlike fellow peripatetic guitar hero Ryan Adams, Swift is pretty consistently awesome at whatever he shakes his fist at. Coming on the heels o... Read More

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BANKERZ LOVE HIPSTERZ!

Posted by Hartley On Aug 14, 2008

Lyles & The Bank Robbers paint the town black... I kid. We're Bank ROBBERS, people. I bet it was chubs with the mustache/goatee thing that put this on Craig's List. Perhaps, since this big daddy is so into hipster chicks, he may also like this... Read More

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TAKKA ROCKA!

Posted by Hartley On Aug 11, 2008

Brooklyn's very awesome Takka Takka have been making A LOT of noise lately. First of all, nary a month ago I called Takka's new album, Migration (Ernest Jenning Record Co.), a proverbial lock for my Top 10 of '08. The album is a panoramic sonic ma... Read More

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MAD MEN!

Posted by Hartley On Aug 7, 2008

LOOK AT THOSE GAMS!!!! Goddamn, Mad Man du jour Don Draper is the man. I can't think of the last time I had such a hard-on for a television show. And check all the spin-off advice blogs - what would Don Draper do? or what would Joan Holloway do? ... Read More

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NEW ON FAT CAT...

Posted by Hartley On Aug 4, 2008

 And The...So yes - Gregory And The Hawk is the latest signing out on Fat Cat Records. And what a signing it is. You supervisors will be happy to hear that Gregory And The Hawk's FC debut, Moenie And Kitchi, isn't some weird freak folk experiment... Read More

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