Wincing the Night Away
Hype is a vengeful mistress, seducing you only to suck you dry when you're finally feeling some amount of security. The opening weeks of 2007…
Some Loud Thunder
Often times, bands find it necessary to have a record label to support their musical endeavors in order to promote the record on radio, in…
The Blakes
Hey Seattle? Remember how you felt when you first discovered the Lashes?? Remember how enamored you were with all the rock and the attitude and…
The Curse of Sunshine
Sometimes a little bit of mediocrity now and then is a good thing. It serves to keep things temperate, and it makes for a pleasant,…
Writer's Block
The first time I heard "Young Folks," the first single off of Stockholm-based Peter Bjorn & John's third full-length effort Writer's Block, I was engaged…
Beep Repaired Family Tree
The "Family Tree" compilation is a schizophrenic journey through the roster of the Seattle label Beep Repaired. Containing 18 disjointed tracks that somehow fit together,…
Of Honey and Country
"You've got a song you're singing from your gut, you want that audience to feel it in their gut. And you've got to make them…
Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
There's a great scene on The Simpsons set in the not-too-distant future where Homer and Marge are lying in bed watching TV and Marge turns…
Jarvis
Sometimes album artwork gives away more than the artist intends. Taking a look at the cover of Jarvis Cocker's solo debut Jarvis, we see our…
Loney Noir
Ah, Sweden: birthplace of cheap furniture, bearer of great meatballs, and bringer of wondrous pop music like fluttering delicate snowflakes. Sub Pop's latest release comes…