By Max Johnson Ty Segall has a gift, but I don’t know what for. On his last album, Melted, Segall was brash and subversive, embodying the dirtiest garage-rock bands, an Iggy Pop we could call our own. His latest offering, this summer’s Goodbye Bread, is more indebted to Dylan’s Basement Tapes or to John Lennon’s solo work. On the title-track opener, it seems he’s moved his 4-track from a filthy garage down to a dingy basement. Which seems like a small-scale change, but it might be big enough to throw some old fans for a loop. “Goodbye Bread” holds on … Continued
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Sports staffer Tyler Tjelmeland takes a look at the division winners from the American League.
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With the San Francisco Giants unable to defend their title, who will win the 2011 World Series? The expertrs of KRUI’s “Sports Squawk” make their predictions for the 2011 Postseason.
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Sports staffer Jordan Kabialis takes a look at the division winners from the National League
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The Miles Davis Experience – Tonight at The Englert 8 p.m.
Rank Artist Recording Label 1 Girls Father, Son, Holy Ghost True Spirit 2 Laura Marling A Creature I Don’t Know Ribbon 3 Iceage New Brigade Dais-What’s Your Rupture 4 Can’t Dreams Come True Terrible 5 Dum Dum Girls Only In Dreams Sub Pop 6 Toro Y Moi Freaking Out [EP] Carpark 7 Mikal Cronin Mikal Cronin Trouble In Mind 8 Tammar Visits Suicide Squeeze 9 Tallahassee Jealous Hands Self-Released 10 Male Bonding Endless Now Sub Pop 11 Wild Flag Wild Flag Merge 12 Milagres Glowing Mouth Kill Rock Stars 13 Pepper Rabbit Red Velvet Snowball Kanine 14 Mates of State … Continued
