Imaginary interview: Telekinesis
The first time I heard Michael Benjamin Lerner live was in the incarnation of the band that played the 2008 Imaginary Holiday Spectacular at Chop…
Party Store
I love The Dirtbombs! Mick Collins leads one of the very best American bands ever, with superb playing from musicians like Zac Weedon (The Readies)…
New material from Okkervil River, Telekinesis {thanks, internet!}
It's been a busy day for news on the internet -- it's finally legal to talk about the Head and the Heart's hookup with Sub…
Imaginary Victoria's best of 2010, part one: seventeen new releases that knocked the stripes right off my kneesocks.
I know, I know. Writing best of 2010 lists is so three-weeks-ago. But with such a good year in music having just passed, it would…
A Bird In The Opera House
Nick Jaina is a very accomplished and demiurgic Portland, OR-based singer-songwriter whose lyrically romantic scenarios luxuriate in diversely orchestrated carnival folk-pop. His stately and quietly…
Coming Home
Bloodshot Records, a label always known for high quality music as well as eclectic realness, has put out the new album by Steve Fisk and…
Body Talk
OMG! Yes, I freaking love Robin Miriam Carlsson, and have since her first eponymous release (as, um, Robyn) in the States and the 2007 sampler…
The Grand Theatre Volume One
***Come listen to this entire Old 97s record with us at this Sunday's Imaginary Crafternoon Listening Party! Three Imaginary Girls is hosting a free, all…
The Bright Eyes news I've been waiting for: new album and shows in 2011
{Photo by Etching A. Sketch from the Imaginary Flickr Photo Pool} It's been a while since the last Conor Oberst release ("a while" by Conor…
Say Goodbye
(Say Goodbye is set to be released on December 7, 2010.) It's kind of neat to alternate listening to Liz Janes' long-awaited third album Say…