Review: Danger Mouse – “The Grey Album” February 7, 2008 For the sake of context, let’s refresh our memories. Last month, EMI launched a cease-and-desist campaign against The Grey Album, Danger Mouse’s ambitious though… Continue Reading
Review: Jello Biafra/The Melvins – “Never Breathe What You Can’t See” February 7, 2008 In a political climate where partisan debate often resembles a primal scream therapy session, Jello Biafra — that godfather of politically charged punk missives… Continue Reading
Review: Broken Hips – S/T February 7, 2008 Just four minutes into its most recent release, Richmond’s Broken Hips hit a stride that most bands struggle and search for over the course… Continue Reading
Review: Adam Gnade – “Run Hide Retreat Surrender” (II) February 7, 2008 The lofty issues San Diego wordsmith Adam Gnade tackles on Run Hide Retreat Surrender are nothing if not ambitious and far-reaching, chief among them… Continue Reading
Review: Knife In The Water – “Plays One Sound and Others”/”Cut The Cord” February 6, 2008 In a reductive sense, there a couple of categories in which you can shuffle and sort your standard lot of CD re-releases. The… Continue Reading
Review: Zykos – Comedy Horn February 6, 2008 Even with Dubya still firmly embedded in office, Zykos have managed to remind me that wonderful, wonderful things do in fact come from the… Continue Reading
Review: Giddy Motors – “Make It Pop” February 6, 2008 Giddy Motors proclaims that the band’s debut “combines the jazz influence of Miles Davis and Christian Vander with angular US post-punk.” The statement is… Continue Reading
Review: Bastro – “Antlers: Live 1991” February 6, 2008 Much ink has been spilled, and rightfully so, fawning over David Grubbs’ distinct body of work with post-rock avant-gardists Gastr del Sol, as a… Continue Reading
Review: Curtis Eller’s American Circus – “Taking Up Serpents Again” February 6, 2008 There’s something almost inherently disjunctive and disjointed about contemporary music entirely cast in the mold of its “Old Timey” or roots-oriented predecessors. While some… Continue Reading
Review: Calexico – Convict Pool February 6, 2008 If Joey Burns and John Convertino have injected into Calexico any element of their experience with Howe Gelb in underground luminaries Giant Sand, it… Continue Reading
