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DM Stith: Heavy Ghost
If ever the description “muffled earnestness” could serve as more than just a clever paradox, it would aptly describe the...
May 20, 2009
If ever the description “muffled earnestness” could serve as more than just a clever paradox, it would aptly describe the...
May 20, 2009
A mashup-making friend of mine recently explained part of his compositional philosophy to me: humor is legitimate, but “music should...
May 20, 2009
Obviously, there is a great deal wrong with a society that does not immediately recognize Phoenix as the best pop...
May 18, 2009
Bill Callahan is a gifted lyricist, his songs often stressing content over form (his minimal arrangements, particularly across his Smog...
May 18, 2009
What’s the best way to pay tribute to your idols? You clone them, of course, and clone them so totally...
May 18, 2009
Concept albums are a more difficult and improbably successful affair for instrumental musicians. It’s hard enough to understand what an...
May 18, 2009
Oh, that new coffin smell. That feeling you get knowing every ritualistic sacrifice is a little bit different. The Virgin...
May 15, 2009
While CMG scribes in general were definitely more liberal with our ratings in 2004 than we are now, if...
May 15, 2009