Vampire Weekend
Who knew? When we were all listening to Blind Melon and Stone Temple Pilots, the kids, they were listening to Paul Simon and old Peter…
Meet The Eels: The Essential Eels, Vol.1 1996-2006; Useless Trinkets: B-Sides, Soundtracks, Rarities & Unreleased 1996-2007
For most of us, we only think about the Eels when we come across a dusty old copy of Electro-shock Blues, or if “Novocaine for…
The Shackeltons
Proceed with exuberance: The Shackeltons' new self-titled album may lead to blown out speakers and excessive speeding. The band has found that perfect indie-rock sound,…
The truth will catch you, just wait…
Boston foursome The Motion Sick have a keen ability to combine a dark, sinister side with glowing pop to create a slick sound that's equally…
12 Crass Songs
I am sure that many a doctoral thesis has examined the tendency of those fighting for socioeconomic equality to emerge from positions of privilege. Perhaps…
Jukebox
When Cat Power covered the Rolling Stones’ “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” in 2000, it was, and remains, my favorite reinterpretation of any song. The…
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…
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…
Smoke
There is a lot to be said for taking things easy, to stay relaxed and to not let things get to you. This is especially…
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…