20 words each on 11 of the Best Releases of 2010
{Shabazz Palaces photo from the Three Imaginary Girls Flickr Pool by Jason Tang} Through sheer quirk of fate and possibly my own fatally quirky tastes,…
Say Goodbye
(Say Goodbye is set to be released on December 7, 2010.) It's kind of neat to alternate listening to Liz Janes' long-awaited third album Say…
Part ll: The New December
I always laugh when people say, "That sounds so 80s." The 80s are bigger and stranger and even more stupid than you can possibly imagine.…
Faux Hoax = Folks?
The great Dave Allen of Gang of Four, Danny Seim (Menomena) and John Askew (Tracker) have a new project: Faux Hoax, crazily pronounced "Folks". The…
Grampall Jookabox tonight with PWRFL Power at Vera
There are very few artists who can make the dark night of the soul sound like a broken-down, probably murderous carnival ride, and Grampall Jukebox…
Sex Death Cassette
Rafter is sort of a musical menagerie that can actually pull off the act. Sex Death Cassette is the closest thing you can get to…
Erik G's attempt to start 2008 fresh: A pile of lost reviews
It's nice to start a new year with a blank state. Well, maybe at least a less covered slate. Or maybe a slate that you…