Records
Hauschka: Salon des Amateurs
Like pastiche pioneer Daniel Vujanic’s Baja, Volker Bertelmann posits a careful kind of post-structuralism as his starting point. In this...
Apr 18, 2011
Records
Low: C'mon
The last several years have clearly been tumultuous for Low, who spent them riding on the two most polarizing records...
Apr 18, 2011
Records
Sleepingdog: With Our Heads in the Clouds and Our Hearts in the Fields
While not the “acres of ice” Voltaire described, there’s a pervasive coldness to the western Canadian plains (the only fields...
Apr 18, 2011
Concerts
The Mountain Goats
I have come to understand that there are two types of people who go to Mountain Goats shows. One is...
Apr 18, 2011
Tracks
Joan of Arc: "I Saw the Messed Binds of My Generation"
At nearly eleven minutes long—mostly a lengthy instrumental passage balancing Kraut groove with complicated guitar and contrarian breakdowns—“I Saw the...
Apr 18, 2011
Concerts
Timber Timbre
I’d be lying if I said attending this Timber Timbre show was all about Taylor Kirk and his music. No,...
Apr 15, 2011
Records
Big K.R.I.T.: Return of 4Eva Mixtape
Clay will provide a fuller summary of the Big K.R.I.T. and Freddie Gibbs show that breezed through Chicago last weekend,...
Apr 15, 2011
Records
Vivian Girls: Share the Joy
“I don’t wanna be like the other girls,” Cassie Ramone sings flatly in Share the Joy‘s six-minute opener, “I don’t...
Apr 15, 2011
Records
Cold Cave: Cherish the Light Years
Obligatory comparisons first: Cold Cave’s sophomore album is a worthy follow-up to 2009’s Love Comes Close. If you were at...
Apr 15, 2011