"Taste" – Magik Markers
The dark swagger of Elisa Ambrogio's voice just calls out to the dirty rock girl in me. She sounds tough, like she'd scoop out your…
M. Bison: Fun to share with friends!
I’ve been charmed by M. Bison since we covered their December show at the High Dive. So when I popped in their six song EP,…
Safe Inside the Day
I suppose it comes as no real surprise that Baby Dee reminds people of some sort of hybrid of Antony & the Johnson and Tom…
I knew it, I knew it, I knew it!
Forgive me for being so giddy and a few days late, but I'm so thrilled to read that Seattle band Fleet Foxes have signed to…
The Ghost That Carried Us Away
Iceland, for its size, relative placement in the middle of the North Atlantic and its small population, has done a remarkable job of producing excellent…
It's New Magnetic Fields Album Day!
Let's celebrate the release of the new Magnetic Fields album with some videos... and fellow superfans covering their songs! Do you have a favorite song…
The Black and White Album
The Hives, to me, represent the rock and roll equivalent of Isaiah Berlin’s The Fox and the Hedgehog theory. As Berlin put it, “the fox…
A Month of Sundays
There might be nothing more satisfying than stumbling across a band that is (a) really great and (b) undiscovered by most people. You feel like…
Countdown to the new Magnetic Fields album!
The new Magnetic Fields album, Distortion, is going to be released THIS Tuesday. To help keep us from exploding with anticipation between now and January…
Sing karaoke with the Thermals! (if you live in New York)
This is too good not to post, even if it may make Imaginary Dana quite jealous of our friends in New York.TIG favorites the Thermals…