Tracks
Our Sleepless Forest: "Nomads"
When I reviewed Port-Royal’s Afraid to Dance (2007) last year I mentioned that there weren’t a lot of bands...
Jun 05, 2008
Tracks
Silver Jews: "What Is Not But Could Be If"
In the liner notes to the latest Silver Jews album, Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea, frontman Dave Berman asserts, almost self-deprecatingly,...
Jun 04, 2008
Records
Ladytron: Velocifero
It’s summertime kiddies. Time to break out the grill, chug Pabst un-ironically, and throw on your dog-eared copy of Being...
Jun 04, 2008
Records
Bun B: II Trill
Here is a record heavy with precedent. In name II Trill evokes Bun’s previous solo effort, 2005’s, you know, fun...
Jun 04, 2008
Records
Jumbling Towers: Classy Entertainment EP
If reviewing is a matter of judging quality relative to cost—and I admit that I’m not terribly comfortable with the...
Jun 04, 2008
Records
Death Cab for Cutie: Narrow Stairs
In a recent piece for Paste Magazine, Death Cab frontman Ben Gibbard comments on, among numerous other self-indulgent topics, the...
Jun 04, 2008
Articles
The CMG Hatebag, Vol. 2
Dear Readers,
Oh those late nights, hunched over our keyboards in paralysing contempt, unable to control our fingers, hitting “Send” and...
Jun 02, 2008
Records
HEALTH: DISCO
So if HEALTH’s 2007 self-titled debut was rock conceived in a lonely cell, occasionally bashing itself against the walls, the...
May 31, 2008