Records
Lindstrøm: Six Cups of Rebel
I’ve got to hand it to him: Hans-Peter Lindstrøm seems like a pretty laid-back fellow. And I mean that in...
Jan 18, 2012
Records
Tree Hopping / Messy Sparkles: Messy Hopping
#Realtalk: 2011 saw yours truly as being a consistently celebratory voice for the spew of fucking cool bands and split...
Jan 18, 2012
Records
Bry Webb: Provider
A while back I wrote this article about the National Parks Project, for which the possibly-defunct Constantines’ Bry Webb...
Jan 18, 2012
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Kool A.D.: The Palm Wine Drinkard Mixtape
It’s hardly a surprise that a solo mixtape from Victor Vazquez, a.k.a. Kool A.D., is messy and directionless. His day-job...
Jan 18, 2012
Tracks
Zenith: Unto the Stars: "Tangential Part 1"
While the world waits for Ridley Scott to revisit/further fuck up the Alien franchise, bedroom composers everywhere are dabbling with...
Jan 16, 2012
Articles
An Attempt at Real Empathy: Lana Del Rey on SNL
It’s tempting to pile on Lana Del Rey for her pre-album, SNL debut last night, rightly described, with some...
Jan 15, 2012
Records
The Black Keys: El Camino
A hearty congratulation is in order here. Seven albums in ten years is an impressive feat, and this, coupled...
Jan 14, 2012
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Sunn O))) / Sunn O))) Meets Nurse With Wound: ØØ Void / The Iron Soul of Nothing Reissue
For a band who’s never moved at anything above a lumbering lurch and never played more than a few, nearly-indistinguishable...
Jan 14, 2012
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Owen: Ghost Town
Mike Kinsella doesn’t mince words. Which is to say that he’s a songwriter who finds little value in allegory or...
Jan 14, 2012