Records

Nada Surf: The Weight is a Gift

It’s not often that a one-hit wonder gets the chance to turn its career around. '90s pop-rockers like Fastball and... Sep 21, 2005

Concerts

The Wrens

So the Wrens are one of my top five favorite bands. Unfortunately, the venue for this improbable concert was the... Sep 20, 2005

Interviews

The Fiery Furnaces

Cokemachineglow recently caught up with Matthew Friedberger, one half of the brother-sister indie-rock rock band that is The Fiery Furnaces,... Sep 20, 2005

Festivals

Arthurfest, Pt. 2

“I want you inside me!”

“…What?”

“Oh hey, what’s up?”

Where were we? Oh, right. I had even higher expectations for...

Sep 20, 2005

Festivals

Arthurfest, Pt. 1

When I heard that this year’s inaugural Arthurfest was going to be a celebration of underground counterculture (is there any...

Sep 20, 2005

Records

Yo La Tengo: Prisoners of Love: A Smattering of Scintillating Senescent Songs: 1985-2003

Here is everything I knew about Yo La Tengo as of about a week ago:

They are a three-piece group from...

Sep 19, 2005

CMGcasts

III

Featuring Lighthouse Choir, Sea Snakes, Peter Elkas, Mardeen, Devin Davis, WHY?, Minus Story, Edan, Darren Hanlon…

Sep 15, 2005

Records

Blood on the Wall: Awesomer

Typically, an album like this gets hailed as a return to the “aw shit, let’s drink some booze and rock... Sep 07, 2005

Tracks

Ghostface Killah f/ Trife: "Milk 'Em (Strange Fruit Project Version)"

Deleted scene from MTV’s Made, Episode 601:

Niles Greenberg has just finished rapping his verse. Ghostface blinks at Niles....

Sep 02, 2005