Best news of the day: New Magnetic Fields album out in January
And just when we thought that a sunny day in November was enough to celebrate (and let's face it, it is!), news like this just…
Devo: still spinning minds 29 years later
I’ve always been wary of this whole “bands reliving their former glory by hitting the stage again 20 years later” fad, because I feel like…
Three Imaginary DVDs to see: awesome Pixar goodness, 40 years of Sesame St, and Kings of Leon live
Up: I have a few friends who persist in believing that animated films are for kids only and to them I say: you must rent…
Anjulie: a songwriter ready for her close-up
Fans of pop music know this: the first time you hear a great and catchy song, one that has a big hook, it will grab…
Vagabond Holes
A couple of years ago Domino Records reissued five glorious double-disc treatments of The Triffids' obscure oeuvre, little known jewels from the one band every…
Devo rhetorically asks: Are We Not Men?
The question of the night was obvious: Are we not men? Of course the answer was: We are Devo. Sunday night at the Moore Theater…
They Might Be Giants playing Flood all the way through at Showbox Sodo
They Might Be Giants may be the most imaginary of bands. Imaginary Liz is a super-fan who even got to interview one of the two…
Win tickets to see F**k Buttons at Chop Suey
One of the last times the Pitchfork-approved, London-based noise-experimentalists Fuck Buttons came through town, I thoroughly enjoyed their set (which was opening for Mogwai) and wrote:…
Recommended show: Pinback at Neumo's on Tuesday, November 10th
Basically, Pinback is one of those bands that can do no wrong. At least in my musical world, where they live lodged firmly between bearded,…
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…