Underappreciated Album: Basto April 11, 2008 Underappreciated Album: Bastro – Diablo Guapo There is a brief pause – not long enough to even hide a breath – before David Grubbs… Continue Reading
Underappreciated Album: Cheer Accident April 11, 2008 Cheer-Accident, Enduring The American Dream (1997) There are few ensembles that can make noise sound both as mysterious and as strangely inviting as Cheer-Accident…. Continue Reading
Profile: The Lesser Birds of Paradise (2004) March 8, 2008 Mark Janka may have a gift for crafting frighteningly fragile acoustic lullabies, but, when it comes to spinning tales about his band’s enigmatic name,… Continue Reading
Profile: Jack Endino (2006) March 8, 2008 You know Jack Endino. If you consider yourself schooled in the noisy, garage-bred strains of indie-rock that made much of the 1980s and early… Continue Reading
Profile: Carrie Yury (2006) March 8, 2008 If you consider yourself prolific or a jack of all trades, you’ve never met Carrie Yury. The California-based artist’s work is the definition of… Continue Reading
Profile: Adam Gnade (2006) March 8, 2008 You don’t just ask Adam Gnade a question or plot a sure-footed route into the familiar territory of the Q&A back-and-forth, that sometimes-fluid, sometimes-stilted… Continue Reading
Concert Review: Wingdale Community Singers – June 24, 2005 February 23, 2008 Wingdale Community Singers Housing Works Used Book Cafe – New York, NY June 24, 2005 If record release parties represent a public birth for… Continue Reading
Concert Review: Ipecac Records Geek Show – May 23, 2003 February 23, 2008 Ipecac Records Geek Show Irving Plaza – New York, NY May 23, 2003 It is only due to the wonders of two very small,… Continue Reading
Concert Review: Slint – March 18, 2005 February 23, 2008 Slint Irving Plaza – New York, NY March 18, 2005 And that, my friends, was — without question — the best live show I… Continue Reading
Concert Review: Shipping News – Feb. 13, 2003 February 22, 2008 Shipping News Tonic – New York, NY Feb. 13, 2003 It says a lot about a band when they can face technical obstacles and… Continue Reading
