Records
The Corin Tucker Band: 1,000 Years
She does, of course, know a thing or two about blistering riffs and devastating lyrics, but above all earthly things...
Dec 02, 2010
Records
Bonnie "Prince" Billy & the Cairo Gang: The Wonder Show of the World
If you’ve seen Jackass 3-D then you can probably surmise why this sentence rests where it does—as well as having...
Dec 02, 2010
Records
Supersilent: 10
Finally, Supersilent are human. If on 8 (2007) they were gods out of a Wagner opera and on 9 (2009)...
Dec 02, 2010
Records
Blonde Redhead: Penny Sparkle
Lately Blonde Redhead have been going heavy on the bright, gentle colors, on the kind of repetitive emptiness candied and...
Dec 02, 2010
Records
Def Sound: Alive
In addition to being an intermittently splendid listen, Def Sound’s Alive serves as further, indisputable evidence that the divide between...
Nov 30, 2010
Records
Badly Drawn Boy: It's What I'm Thinking (Part One: Photographing Snowflakes)
We’ve all seen it happen: songwriters, in their primes, following up game-changing, influential records with bloated double disc throwaways (see...
Nov 30, 2010
Records
California Wives: Affair EP
Usually when a gentleman asks a lady music writer if she wants to come see his friends’ band play, it’s...
Nov 30, 2010
Records
Sail a Whale: A Documentation EP
As we fast approach 2011, what are we supposed to do with Sincerely Yours, the mysterious Swedish label responsible for...
Nov 30, 2010
Concerts
Dewars / Surfer Blood / The Drums
From the dreamy, customizable, baked mac ‘n cheese to the screensaver that plays in sync with the overhead music while...
Nov 27, 2010