Monthly Archives: March 2007

Alabama

By brad | Published: March 31, 2007
Here’s a beautiful version of John Coltranes’ tune, Alabama. It’s so simple and so moving. It is the quartets reaction to the 1963 bombing of the 16th street Baptist Church in Birmingham Alabama. The KKK planted dynamite in the basement of the church attempting to instill fear in the civil rights movement. Four young girls [...]
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We Were Good News for People Who Like The Sinking Ship News

By brad | Published: March 10, 2007
Modest Mouse start off the new album sounding very much like the last one. That’s a good thing. We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank starts off with the romping four on the floor sound that we’re all accustomed to. The biggest news about the band in the last six months was the news [...]
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