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Caleb Travers has a blog! I just discovered this. Perhaps it’s been there all along? I’ve written a post about this musician before. Remember? His band is Caleb Travers & Big City Lights. That’s right, one of my favorite bands in St. Louis (actually, one of favorite bands in general). Anyway, he has a blog. So check it out [...]
Filed under: art, music | 1 Comment
Tags: alt country, caleb travers and big city lights, indie, music
Date: 2008-02-26, 5:25PM PST
Dear Hipster Record Store Clerk,
Thank you for judging me on the CD I bought yesterday. Our passive-aggressive altercation made me realize how conformist I am for buying an old Rage Against The Machine album. Your condescension was just the intellectual wake-up call I needed.
I discovered a new me yesterday, and my eyes [...]
Filed under: "hey you know what really grinds my gears?", funny, music | 1 Comment
Tags: craigslist, hipster, indie, joy-division, music, records, velvet underground, vinyl
It’s Official
Radiohead are coming to St. Louis.
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I can hardly breathe.
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Tags: concerts, music, radiohead, st. louis
Music That Rocks (Literally)
It’s time for me to make a recommendation.
Caleb Travers & Big City Lights
These guys are awesome. They were recently voted the best alt-country band in St. Louis. Caleb, the lead vocalist and guitarist, has this unmatchable rich voice…sort of Ryan Adams meets Travis, only a little more rugged (in a good way). In this band, you [...]
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Tags: caleb travers and big city lights, music, off broadway, ryan adams, st. louis, travis
I have this friend Darin, who I knew at Mizzou. He’s living in Japan right now teaching (I think). For about two months, he’s been compiling a list of The Fifty Greatest Albums of All Time, and now it’s ready! I encourage you to take a look, he’s quite learned in the music scene.
This made [...]
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Tags: albums, arcade fire, belle & sebastian, best albums, m83, music, nick drake, radiohead, sigur ros, sufjan stevens, the beatles, the magnetic fields, the unicorns, top 50, wilco
