Festivals
Lost in the Funhouse, or: The Free Beer Flows Like Wine: Pop Montreal 2009
Fifteen Chronological Talking Points About My Pop Montreal Experience
1. OUR ARRIVAL On the evening of my coming to Montreal,...
Oct 16, 2009
Articles
A Review Of A Rare Performance Of John Cage's 4'33 In Chicago Last Night
Wherever you go in the Windy City, at whatever time of the night, there’s a good chance that you’re only...
Oct 16, 2009
Tracks
Blue Amazon: "Homage (To House)"
The life-cycle of boy bands (valuable column inches this week) has got me thinking: when generating press for a...
Oct 15, 2009
Tracks
Intuition Orphan: "Clayton Purdom"
There are a few things to know about CMG. A) We, despite frequently claims to the contrary, are not...
Oct 14, 2009
Tracks
Conrad Has Italo Disco Guilt: Alex Gaudino / Michael Gray / Benny Benassi: "Destination Calabria" / "The Weekend" / "Satisfaction"
Okay look, I’m Italian. We have our own specialized sense...
Records
The Mountain Goats: The Life of the World to Come
As the first decade of the 2000s comes to a close, it’s clear that as a singer-songwriter who predominantly plays...
Oct 13, 2009
Records
Beanie Sigel: The Broad Street Bully Mixtape
Following the sorta-baffling pop-rap of The Solution (2007), hip-hop’s greatest curmudgeon is back—minus the glossy production and James Blunt cameos—bitching...
Oct 13, 2009
Records
Tyondai Braxton: Central Market
Tyondai Braxton’s dirty secret is that he just wants to let loose like a rock star. As Chet put it...
Oct 13, 2009
Records
No Age: Losing Feeling EP
Nouns is basically the paradigmatic example of a record some people believe fervently in but which I myself believe to...
Oct 13, 2009