BOOK REVIEW: Jesse Frohman – “Kurt Cobain: The Last Session” November 10, 2014 Twenty years after Kurt Cobain’s tragic suicide, he’s still, it seems, as popular as ever. Sure, Cobain and company have sold some 25 million… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Hepa-Titus – “Gettin’ It On” November 6, 2014 Originally published in Popdose on Nov. 5, 2014 Ipecac Records devotees might be led, for good reason, to believe that the Kevin Rutmanis narrative… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Thom Yorke – Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes November 6, 2014 Thom Yorke is talkin’ ‘bout a revolution again. Only this time, his soundtrack to it is so slight, it’s almost ethereal. Yorke and producer-extraordinaire… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Jolie Holland – “Wine Dark Sea” November 6, 2014 Originally published in Popdose on Oct. 30, 2014 Second take? Such a treasure! On Wine Dark Sea, Jolie Holland’s sixth LP, the eclectic singer-songwriter… Continue Reading
REVIEW: A Winged Victory For The Sullen – “Atomos” November 6, 2014 When you listen to A Winged Victory For The Sullen’s new record, titled Atomos, it’s difficult not to think about the musicality and inherent… Continue Reading
REVIEW: The Melvins – “Hold It In” November 6, 2014 The latest Ipecac Records serving by proto-punk/metal-heads/Gods of Thunder The Melvins — this one titled, counter-intuitively, Hold It In — sounds like another experiment… Continue Reading
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
PROFILE: David Grubbs of Squirrel Bait November 6, 2014 Before Louisville was associated with Palace, though after, I suppose, Hunter S. Thompson chronicled its seedy decadence during the Derby, there was Squirrel Bait, a… 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
PROFILE: Chris Besinger of STNNNG (2014) November 6, 2014 Let’s try, okay, to be objective for a moment. STNNNG, a Minneapolis art-punk quintet with its heart on its sleeve and a roar in… Continue Reading
