October 16, 2026

Year: 2009

Art Brut at Triple Rock Social Club (09 Nov 2009)

Art Brut at the Triple Rock Social, Minneapolis (11/09/09)

vu@weheartmusic.com November 11, 2009

Loads of Art Brut fans were in the audience that night. You can tell by all the t-shirt and their eagerness of being in front and center. When the band came on, doing "Formed a Band", which singer Eddie Argos turns to the audience and said, "you ought to try it, it's brilliant!"

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Linnea Quigley and Don Calfa ♥ Sheraton Hotel, Minneapolis (11/07/09)

Crypticon 2009

vu@weheartmusic.com November 8, 2009

Crypticon 2009 was a bit disappointing, compared to last year. As with last year's cancellation of Tom Savini, this year it's Charles Band. What upset me was that Band's disinvolvement wasn't even mentioned anywhere on their website. As of this writing, their website still lists Band as a guest: "6:00pm Charles Band and his Full Moon Road Show in the Music Room 2nd Floor."

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Putumayo Presents: A Family Christmas

Christmas Music Guide 2009

vu@weheartmusic.com November 3, 2009

You must think it's so great to review music, even as a hobby. That is until you realize that I've been listening to nonstop Christmas music ... in October!! Most of the smarter record labels are releasing their Seasonal music of or prior to that American tradition known as "Black Friday". Putumayo's Christmas album came out at the end of October, and features eleven tracks of very well-known Seasonal songs, including "Winter Wonderland" and "Frosty the Snowman". The emphasis seems to be on "family", as these are all very cheery and traditional-sounding. Which should also translate to boring/age-old songs, but this being from the folks at Putumayo, is nothing but predictable.

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