Records
Boomsnake: Re/visions EP
I know what you’re expecting. CMG is reviewing a band calling itself Boomsnake, so this must be one of...
Jan 27, 2010
Records
Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra: Kollaps Tradixionales
Efrim Manuck, the mercurial lead member of A Silver Mt. Zion, took pains to clarify to Express Night Out...
Jan 27, 2010
Records
Martyn: Fabric 50
Whenever industry magazines and websites compile their lists of the best clubs in the world, Fabric is invariably close to...
Jan 27, 2010
Articles
Farewell, mustachioed keyboardist...
In a post on his website last week (franznicolay.com), Franz Nicolay reports that he has left the Hold Steady....
Jan 24, 2010
Tracks
Freelance Whales: "Hannah"
To sum up my continued surprise at the bafflingly optimistic and rosy-cheeked motion that is folk-pop: I’d like to ever-so-briefly-if-you-don’t-mind...
Jan 24, 2010
Interviews
G-Side
I’ve spilled a lot of ink trying to exhaustively articulate the momentousness of G-Side’s Huntsville International (2009) (short version:...
Jan 24, 2010
Records
Spoon: Transference
Let me just speak as someone who owns every Spoon LP up to Lord Ga Ga: Really? We’re gonna pat...
Jan 24, 2010
Records
Lindstrøm & Christabelle: Real Life is No Cool
Over the last few years, Hans-Peter Lindstrøm has carved out a critic-approved niche as a remixer and collaborator, but he’s...
Jan 24, 2010
Records
Gucci Mane: The State vs. Radric Davis / Free Gucci
We live in a post-Lil’ Wayne world. Hold on: give me a second here. Like it or not, Wayne’s success...
Jan 24, 2010