Records
Kream: Short Days and Long Nights Mixtape
Kream’s Short Days and Long Nights is nothing if not an example of the rap game’s excesses. Not of the...
Jan 31, 2012
Concerts
Cloud Nothings
Now here’s an interesting night out: Cloud Nothings, a whole two days removed from their album’s release date, are headlining...
Jan 30, 2012
Records
The Weeknd: Echoes of Silence Mixtape
Oh good. He did it. He balked, we balked, he balked again—so much balking—and finally, as if ordained, as if...
Jan 28, 2012
Records
Machinedrum / Matthew Dear / Todd Terje: SXLND / Headcage / It's the Arps EP
With dance music arguably experiencing its most fashionable popular standing since the late ‘90s, it’s been interesting to watch various...
Jan 28, 2012
Records
Nada Surf: The Stars are Indifferent to Astronomy
The obvious thing about Nada Surf, known to anyone who likes them and attempts to share them with others, is...
Jan 28, 2012
Records
The Big Pink: Future This
As the archives of this site will attest, I thoroughly enjoyed the Big Pink’s 2009 debut A Brief History of...
Jan 28, 2012
Articles
A Physical Problem: The CBC Dismantles Its Archives
The news broke earlier this week that the CBC, Canada’s public broadcaster mandated to protect and disseminate national artifacts,...
Jan 26, 2012
Concerts
Andrew W.K. & the Calder Quartet
Classical music needs Andrew W.K. the same way he needs classical music. Which is to say that both seem like...
Jan 25, 2012
Records
Squadda B: Back $ellin Crack Mixtape
This feels like a gift. Released on Christmas Day, Back $ellin Crack is the second Squadda B solo mixtape to...
Jan 25, 2012