I’m going to start off by saying there’s only one shit song on this record, and it’s only shit because...
Jun 15, 2005
Billy Corgan recently gave an interesting explanation for The Smashing Pumpkins’ seemingly lagging critical reputation: he blamed himself. “You see...
Jun 15, 2005
How many licks does it take to get to the center of a melancholy pop? It takes Faris Nourallah about...
Jun 15, 2005
Named for the fabled penthouse bar in the Chrysler Building, New York retro-blah band the Cloud Room unfortunately doesn’t live...
Jun 08, 2005
Who knew that heartbreak could be so much fun? Paranoia and self-loathing: boy howdy, let’s get some banjo and chimes...
Jun 08, 2005
Nbody ever talks about noir records. AK-MOMO’s debut, Return To N.Y., is a black-and-white 1940s film of an album if...
Jun 08, 2005
CMG’s David Greenwald sat down with Hrishikesh Hirway of the One AM Radio recently, chatting over lox and cream cheese...
Jun 08, 2005
Most truly great pop music begins with the double-clap. If fact, one might say that what the pentatonic scale is...
Jun 06, 2005
When The Minus Story marched into 2004 with their Jagjaguwar debut,
The Captain is Dead Let the Drum...
Jun 01, 2005