REVIEW: Shellac – “Dude Incredible” November 6, 2014 Did you pre-order Shellac’s Dude Incredible yet? And, give it to me straight, are these Touch-and-Go Records legends still in their prime, still sharp… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Sarah Jaffe – “Don’t Disconnect” November 6, 2014 There’s a set of lyrics on the new Sarah Jaffe record, out with much anticipation next month, that sums up the whole over-produced and… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Slint – “Spiderland: Remastered” November 6, 2014 Steve Albini once infamously offered up “ten fucking stars” in Melody Maker to the swansong LP of a then-unknown Louisville quartet named Slint. Twenty… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Les Claypool’s Duo De Twang – “Four Foot Shack” November 6, 2014 Les Claypool is a national treasure. There, I said it. It’s a sentiment that’s been on the tip of everyone’s tongue and on the… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Curtis Eller’s American Circus – “How To Make It In Hollywood” July 30, 2014 Durham, N.C. has been good to Curtis Eller. Ever since the reigning banjo king of the East Coast’s “Antique-Garde” relocated to North Carolina from… Continue Reading
REVIEW: The Melvins – “Tres Cabrones” July 30, 2014 There are certainties in this universe and, to cop a phrase from that shaman Donald Rumsfeld, known knowns. Time will accumulate in seconds and minutes… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Nonagon – “The Last Hydronaut” July 30, 2014 It’s hard to write about Nonagon, a Chicago-rooted band whose latest pocket full of cuts and volts is a 12-inch EP titled The Last… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Mylets – “Retcon” July 30, 2014 “Ampersand” showed such promise. But we can’t all be Ian Williams. Mylets, the one-man-band pseudonym of guitar-texturist Henry Kohen, aspires to attain the heights… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Nirvana – “In Utero: 20th Anniversary Edition” November 6, 2013 Nirvana’s In Utero always has been ripe with context. Upon release in 1993, it wasn’t just the group’s third full-length record proper; it was arguably a… Continue Reading
Review: PAK – “Secret Curve” March 22, 2012 Ron Anderson is the best kind of madman. There’s just no other way to say it. With Secret Curve, the Brooklyn musician’s third outing… Continue Reading
