"08/09" from XL promises stellar year in releases
From M.I.A's "Kala" to Radiohead's "In Rainbows" and every musical tidbit in between, XL Recordings has released a cavalcade of music in the last year…
Lily Allen covers The Clash with Mick Jones, Hold Steady covers Bruce…
I know we just got done with the 2008 lists, but this one's clamoring for my top compilation spot for '09 already! Not only is…
Erik Gonzalez's best o' 2008
It has now been 2.5 years since I moved out of Seattle for the Golden State. I've slowly drifted out of the NW music culture,…
Flickr photo of the day: Hot Chip
From the Three Imaginary Girls Sparkly Indie-Pop Photo pool... Photo by locash.
New Releases From Easy Street Records
Nada Surf put out Lucky today. I was lucky enough to see them play an accoustic set at the Triple Door (as report here by…
Made in the Dark
If we were to compare Hot Chip’s Made in the Dark to their 2006 album, The Warning, in, let’s say, military terms, it would be…
NME Top 10, found yet again, this time subsumed by the evils of MTV2
Well, NME might have finally jumped the shark by totally ceding control of their Top 10 songs to MTV2 UK, or at least that is…
Shortlist Award for Achievement in the Field of Excellence
Although I don't fully understand the "Shortlist" awards, they have announced their, ahem, shortlist for the 2006 award. The Shortlist award is "a peer-selected award…
Hot Chip at Webster Hall
I became a Hot Chip fan in the summer of 2006 when I heard “Colours” (yes there is a “u,” they’re from London) and fell…
A Mix of New Music Found While Clearing Off Erik Gonzalez's Desk
(Somewhere deep within the TIG Fortress) Ah, there is nothing like that feeling you get when you have it all under control. Finally, I can…