If Owen Ashworth, as he has apparently claimed, doesn’t tap into some personal reservoir of desolation and hurt for these...
Mar 02, 2006
NBH
Featuring: Clientele, Sea Snakes, Centro-matic, Mount Eerie, Softies, Dean Drouillard, Castle Oldchair, AK-MOMO, Maritime, Ancient Greeks…
Mar 01, 2006
Every once and awhile providence smiles and an artist who so entirely deserves it gets him or herself a label...
Feb 23, 2006
The following is how I introduced my review of Destroyer’s Streethawk for CMG’s third year anniversary-travaganza: “There’s something terrifically uplifting...
Feb 23, 2006
CP
The album’s point is not the same as its gimmick.
Feb 23, 2006
As with any serious hobby (or obsession), us music aficionados are completists. When I
really like a band, I want...
Feb 23, 2006
I’m at a loss as to what precisely I’m supposed to “listen up!” to.
Feb 23, 2006
About four years ago I caught the Burning Brides opening for Queens of the Stone Age (still with Nick,...
Feb 16, 2006
The Acorn and I are from the same city, so I admit that there’s something about the band’s small-town escapism,...
Feb 16, 2006
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