Records
The Mountain Goats: We Shall All Be Healed
It has been just about two years since John Darnielle, the man behind all that is...
Feb 03, 2004
Records
Califone: Heron King Blues
The Heron King’s Last Speech:
Hundreds of years ago, on that British isle, I was a scarecrow. In this country of...
Feb 01, 2004
Records
The Heavy Blinkers/Orwell: Intercontinental Pop Exchange No. 3
The International Pop Exchange No. 3 is, surprise surprise, the third in a series of split EPs from the Winnipeg...
Jan 30, 2004
Interviews
The Unicorns
I don’t think anyone is quite sure how the Unicorns became one of the bigger "it" bands of 2003. While...
Jan 30, 2004
Records
Charizma/Peanut Butter Wolf: Big Shots
A few days back I read an interview transcript of Big Boi and Andre 3000, known...
Jan 26, 2004
Records
British Sea Power: The Decline of British Sea Power
Peak inside Rolling Stone and you’ll undoubtedly read about some hip new genre (disco-folk or ...
Jan 26, 2004
Records
Earlimart: Everyone Down Here
At the Oracle of Delphi, you’ll find two inscriptions carved above the entrance: "Know Thy Self" and "Nothing to Excess."...
Jan 19, 2004
Records
Jason Molina: Pyramid Electric Co.
"Dark repetition, dark repetition, dark repetition, dark repetition…"
It might seem like an inconsequential lyric that Jason Molina wistfully repeats at...
Jan 19, 2004
Records
Nell Bryden: Day For Night
I decided that the best thing to do for this review was to proceed from its...
Jan 13, 2004