Records
The Weeknd: Thursday Mixtape
If the Weeknd’s coke-chic shtick is pure fantasy, some affected paean to a lifestyle Abel Tesfaye’s maybe dabbled in but...
Sep 15, 2011
Records
The Cool Kids: When Fish Ride Bicycles
In his review for Curren$y’s Pilot Talk (2010), staffer Chris Molnar made the assertion that a Fly Spitta soliloquy would...
Sep 15, 2011
Records
Thundercat: The Golden Age of Apocalypse
First things first: Stephen “Thundercat” Bruner is a world-class musician. Whatever reservations one might have about The Golden Age of...
Sep 15, 2011
Records
Red Hot Chili Peppers: I'm With You
I hope one day I’m fortunate enough to bump into Josh Klinghoffer, the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ guitarist du jour—we’d...
Sep 15, 2011
Tracks
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah: "Hysterical"
“Hysterical” is a great new Clap Your Hands Say Yeah song. I saw them perform it live at a London...
Sep 14, 2011
Tracks
Ben Folds Five: "House"
Upon the release of Ben Folds Presents: University A Cappella in 2009, Ben Folds gushed over the project saying, “If...
Sep 13, 2011
Festivals
Capitol Hill Block Party 2011
While the rest of the world roasted, Seattle experienced some of the coldest, grayest, rainiest seasons on record, with just...
Sep 13, 2011
Tracks
The Witch and the Robot: "God is a Chemical"
“God is a gas,” mumbled Alan Partridge when pressed by his editor on live TV; “God is fluorine,” respond the...
Sep 13, 2011