Compilation mixes are the secret decoder ring of the music obsessive. Some songs just make more sense when strung together...
Jan 31, 2008
At first I thought “Bird Flu” was an awareness campaign for some Sri Lankan virus, but in accordance with M.I.A.’s...
Jan 31, 2008
Two days prior to writing this review, I learned that Fall Out Boy
drummer Andy Hurley spent time with metal-core outfit...
Jan 31, 2008
Vakill's second shot was missed by too many in 2006; it should have cast him as the next great Chicago...
Jan 29, 2008
“On Call” is the single, and, with its quick-shift chorus grandiosity and circular melodic pull, it ought to be. It’s...
Jan 29, 2008
Yours truly is never above admitting when he’s made a mistake. Along with Tortoise’s
It’s All Around You (2004)...
Jan 29, 2008
Remember when you first heard the Who's "A Quick One, While He's Away"? Remember how it suddenly became clear to...
Jan 29, 2008
It's been a good 17 years since the demise of Lou Barlow-era Dinosaur Jr., and yet the boys seem to...
Jan 29, 2008
Fresh from exorcising ambient demons with Sunn0))) on last year's
Altar, the ever-prolific Boris return to face-rocking glory...
Jan 29, 2008