Cactus-Mouth: Archive

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ALBUMSSS: Part 2

16 Shannon and the Clams // Sleep Talk I like the sound of Hunx and His Punx… however I cannot stand his voice. That nasally, whiny vocal delivery really puts me off which sucks because his songs are so great. In my opinion, the highlights of many of his tracks are the raspy backing vocals by Shannon Shaw so you can imagine my elation upon discovering that she had her own band Shannon and...

Jun 30th

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ALBUMSSS: Part 1

As is always the case whenever I make a favorites list; I had so many albums lined up that pruning the list almost caused me physical pain. So know that if an album made this list it means that I really, truly love it. And here’s eight of them: … 24 Timber Timbre // Creep On Creepin’ On This album was my first introduction to Timber Timbre, and although I had seen it tossed...

Jun 29th

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EPs, 12"s, and Cassettes

1 The Neighborhood // The Neighborhood According to my iTunes I’ve listened to this EP no less than 30 times. For some reason I think that that number is a little low. Discovering The Neighborhood in my email was one of the best surprises of 2011 so far for me. I never seem to tire of this EP that is light on instrumentation but heavy on atmosphere and emotion. It’s so righteous. 2...

Jun 28th

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Singles, 7"s, Bits & Pieces

… As this year has gone on I’ve kept a journal of sorts that simply catalogs the music that I have really really enjoyed. It’s been much easier to just go back and reference it rathn than sitting and pondering and scratching my head thinking, “now what was my favorite music so far this year?” So to start off this celebratory week of my favorite music I’ve...

Jun 27th

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