Records
Various Artists: Warm & Scratchy Comp
First question: Where are the Flaming Lips? No “Meatwad Hemorrhages Plastic Stardust Before the Feet of His Robot Forefathers”? Good....
Jun 16, 2007
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e-Jugend: Last Exit Wedding
Achtung! e-Jugend is a German band who e-mailed me out of the blue when they saw me lose my shit... Jun 16, 2007
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Queens of the Stone Age: Era Vulgaris
Irrespective of what you think of the man’s music, Josh Homme is pretty hard to dislike. What’s not to dig...
Jun 16, 2007
Interviews
Frog Eyes
Before a packed show at Schuba’s Tavern in Chicago, I came across Frog Eyes lead singer and songwriter Carey Mercer,...
Jun 15, 2007
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Patrick Wolf: The Magic Position
I was a slow convert to the macabre beauty of Patrick Wolf’s sophomore album Wind in the Wires (2005), but...
Jun 07, 2007
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Frog Eyes: Tears of the Valedictorian
“Hey man.”
“What’s up, bro?”
Long pause for gratuitous hugging that results from a handshake deemed not effective. One lights a...
Jun 07, 2007
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Dan Deacon: Spiderman of the Rings
Much of what I've learned about Dan Deacon is hearsay -- I'm collecting pieces, forgoing my dubious tenure as tastemaker... Jun 05, 2007
