Liz's DJ set from Monday's Crocodile Happy Hour
{photo by the lovely Victoria VanBruinisse} Thanks again to everyone who stopped by the Crocodile on Monday! It was *so so awesome* seeing you and…
Bring back the sun (??!!) with Imaginary Amie's Summer Mixtape
Ahhh….summer. There's nothing quite like cranking up a bouncy, happy song on a sunny day - whether you're in a car with the top down,…
Show me a word that rhymes with epic: a Pavement review
Since their breakup in 1999, it has been the dearest daydream of Pavement fans everywhere that someday they would reunite, bringing peace to the Middle…
Somebody pinch us: we've got Pavement tickets to give away!
If you're anything like the rest of the free world, you haven't seen much of Pavement since sometime in the late nineties. Recording, releasing, and…
Weekend recap – Sasquatch! Festival 2010
Every Memorial Day Weekend, scruffy hipsters and hippies alike who lack the cash to drop on a desert jaunt -- complete with $5 bottles of…
Sasquatch 3-day passes now on sale (yes, already)
The big news over the weekend (if the Twitter feed of my local rock writer friends is to be believed) is that a) the Sasquatch…
Audio Oasis: An Imaginary Treatise on Sound
You know Animal Collective, Grizzly Bear, Dan Deacon and other great indie innovators are getting textural and contextual inspiration from somewhere other than what's reviewed…
Malkmus Interview: You're the Maker of Modern Minor Masterpieces for the Untrained Eye
The potential for greatness was all here, but it didn't quite deliver. Two rock stars talking about rock and roll- slam dunk, right? Not so…
Crocodile Rock- a rainy Thursday afternoon diversion
In celebration of the Croc reopening, for some reason, I spent more time than I probably should have this morning thinking about my favorite songs…
Matador releases special edition vinyl for Record Store Day
Quite possibly one of the top ten best :52 of a movie, ever. To help bump the exposure of Record Store Day (April 18th), where…