Records
Weezer: Weezer
Really, we should be thankful. At last, at least, Cuomo has given us a steady rubric against which we can...
Jun 23, 2008
Records
Time Machine: Life Is Expensive
So I think L.A. based rap outfit Time Machine just made a sunny record of artistic disenfranchisement, a shift in...
Jun 23, 2008
Tracks
Mirrorkicks: "Podium"
Mirrorkicks are quite feasibly the hardest working band in South London. Having been formed from the ashes of numerous bands,...
Jun 19, 2008
Tracks
Nas: "Hero"
Perhaps its my recent revisitation of Illmatic (1994) or the disarmingly bleak landscape that sits outside the window (a...
Jun 19, 2008
Records
Lil Wayne: Tha Carter III
There are plenty of reasons to hate Lil Wayne, and plenty of reasons to scoff at the score above this...
Jun 19, 2008
Records
Silver Jews: Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea
After a sterling career and famous friends and the gooey, critical plaudits to which alt-country, semi-dorky troubadours aspire, Dave Berman...
Jun 19, 2008
Records
Nalle: The Siren's Wave
When you’re this good, you don’t ever need to change chords. Falling somewhere in between the more avant-garde-oriented experiments of...
Jun 19, 2008
Records
Coldplay: Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends
Not bad, Coldplay. Congratulations on not fucking this one up. While your new record isn’t exactly going to convert any...
Jun 19, 2008
Interviews
Silver Jews
David Berman is stepping, blinking, into the sun from the Silver Jews tour jet, wrinkled and smelling of better wine....
Jun 19, 2008