Night of the Furies
The easiest thing to say about the new Rosebuds album is that it sounds like (insert your favorite 80’s new wave band here). On first…
I Can’t Go On, I’ll Go On
Some albums put a choke hold on you from the first note (see Sleeping in the Aviary). Others pronounce themselves irredeemable quite quickly (see The…
Neon Bible
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to "indie rock." The local time is now. This flight will continue onto "worldwide popularity," so if "worldwide popularity" is not…
Let's Get Out of This Country
Let's play a fun role-playing game. Everyone loves role-playing games, right? Of course you do, 5th level dwarf. Ok, let's pretend that you're a fairly…
Cannibal Sea
As Dave Lowery (of Cracker) might say, "what the world needs now is another New Pornographers like I need a hole in my head". Ok,…
Strange Geometry
Back in the day when my musical tastes were being constructed, the son of one of my neighbors, let's call him Keith, worked in the…
Three Imaginary Girls Best Northwest Releases of 2005 Readers' Poll Results {30-21}
#30 M. Ward — Transistor Radio (Merge Records) {official website} * {buy it} #29 Minus the Bear — Menos El Oso (Suicide Squeeze) {official website} *…
Birds Make Good Neighbors
When the Texas State Trooper flips his lights and pulls me off the interstate, my stereo wails "I'm a desperate man, and that terrifies me,"…