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Category Archives: Music
My Fingers Do the Harlem Shake
So I gave in. Here’s my fingers doing the Harlem Shake. Sorry.
11 Ways to Describe Tom Waits’s Voice
If you haven’t experienced America’s favorite lacquered vaudeville rock beatnik carnival barking balladeer, you haven’t lived.
His voice sounds “like it was soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months, and then taken outside and run over with a car.” -Daniel Durcholz
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Sweet and Wild: Dave Matthews _Away from the World_ Review
Dave is weird, but I love him. DMB was a fresh taste of music for me that opened me up to the music of the 90s. I don’t understand why his biggest fan base is frat boys in ball caps. Shouldn’t y’all be listening to All American Rejects or something? I’ll also never understand why I like him. That boy is one filthy hedonist. But he’s also an introspective philanthropist. DMB’s music is a world rock mix of genres that knows how to have fun.
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The Bros. Guard on the Bros. Avett: _Carpenter_ Review
Caleb: “I and hate and it.” That was the 5-word review given by my friend Rob Case of the last Avetts album, after they supposedly sold out for the first time. Now they’re in a GAP commercial. Just wanted to let you know, I liked them before they were popular. But I’m proud to say I ain’t no ironic bandwagon hipster: I still like them now. And I don’t think they sold out. Look, guys’ gotta eat. By the way, if you don’t know the Avetts and are reading this for some reason, they are what rock and roll would sound like if it was invented right after the War of Northern Aggression.
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_Born and Raised_ is Heard and Praised: Album Review
The Brothers Guard sit down for a dialogue review of John Mayer’s new album, Born and Raised. A review that turns into a commentary. And a trip down memory lane. While we crank some good tunes.
CALEB COY 