Discussing
Orphans gives me the chance to discuss
Bone Machine, which means taking Waits as whole, which means circling back...
Jan 09, 2008
Part of Honey Owens' comments on her debut LP involves a reminder of Jon Hassell's "Fourth World" idea. The Fourth...
Jan 09, 2008
Like Kim Deal’s explanatory excitement preceding “Tony’s Theme,” so the
Pretty Little Lightning Paw EP revs into sharp, grimacing igneous...
Jan 09, 2008
The first murmur from this album is the beginning of a record, the muffled plop of the needle catching. There...
Jan 09, 2008
In the 1999 VHS release of Jonathan Demme’s magnificent
Stop Making Sense, the film itself is followed by an interview...
Jan 09, 2008
Phantom Phorce, now available in nostalgic but infuriating cardboard packaging, is composed of remixes culled from last year’s
Phantom Power...
Jan 09, 2008
Sometime in 2003, Mark Kozelek was introduced to Modest Mouse through a live set, and then time went further, seeing...
Jan 09, 2008
For my dad’s birthday at the beginning of the month, I bought him
Let It Die. Not because I knew...
Jan 09, 2008
Don’t get me wrong, I love the Constantines. I love the Constantines like you love the Constantines, and I can...
Jan 09, 2008
