Records
The Little Ones: Terry Tales & Fallen Gates EP
Terry Tales & Fallen Gates is the Toys ‘R Us from hell: bright and cheery from the parking lot but...
May 12, 2008
Records
Love: Forever Changes (Collector's Edition) Reissue
I like Forever Changes better than any record by the Beatles, Dylan, or the Beach Boys. Is that heresy? To...
May 09, 2008
Records
Constantines: Kensington Heights
CMG’s own Conrad Amenta said it best earlier this week: “Man, fuck people who don’t like the Constantines.” Since...
May 09, 2008
Records
Ponytail: Ice Cream Spiritual
There are reasons to balk here. There’s that…packaging, watercolor-splashed like some Gen-X sitcom opening credits nightmare, all handprints and good...
May 09, 2008
Records
Anna Järvinen: Jag Fick Feeling
There are several moments where the arrangements subvert classic rock tropes.
May 09, 2008
Concerts
Constantines
Man, fuck people who don’t like the Constantines. Aside from releasing a self-titled debut that probably would have launched careers...
May 08, 2008
Tracks
Wolf Parade: "Fine Young Cannibals"
Those in Cokemachineglow’s readership less, erm, webzine-oriented may not be aware of Sub Pop’s claim that the new Wolf Parade...
May 07, 2008
Records
The Ruby Suns: Sea Lion
Endlessly snookered by echo and drenched in bliss, Sea Lion is a geodesic dome of Californian-cum-New Zealander Ryan McPhun’s scattered...
May 06, 2008
Records
The Chicaynes/The Patriots: Second Thoughts/Pharoah's Land
I will never see this LP in my waking life, but I see it in my dreams. I’m writing toward...
May 06, 2008