Review: Smog – ‘Neath The Puke Tree April 11, 2008 At their best, most recordings put out by artists between major releases and projects are forgettable or excusable. In the past, however, Bill Callahan… Continue Reading
Review: Pinetop Seven – Bringing Home The Last Great Strike April 11, 2008 The keyboards let out a sort of soft and gentle moan, a low rumble of emotion, as fingers walk slowly over the fret-board and… Continue Reading
Review: Man or Astro-man? – A Spectrum of Infinite Scale April 11, 2008 Man or Astro-Man? has been breaking through the somewhat-restrictive boundaries of what defines a surf rock band for almost ten years now, building a… Continue Reading
Review: Godspeed You Black Emperor! – “Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven” April 11, 2008 It’s unlike anything you’ve ever heard, a hybrid of intense emotional catharsis and passionate but precise composition. Songs that grow from somber interludes into… Continue Reading
Review: Farm – Episode 113 April 11, 2008 Originally published in The Montclarion Feb. 1, 2001 Countless bands, from those performing for screaming legions at sold-out arenas to those establishing themselves at… Continue Reading
Review: The Black Heart Procession – “Three” April 11, 2008 If someone set out to find a contemporary outfit to write a ballad for a rainy winter evening or some forgotten gray afternoon, they… Continue Reading
Profile: Pinataland (2004) April 11, 2008 You wouldn’t know it from listening to their unique and breathtaking debut – a collection of endearing history portraits and sometimes-elegiac narratives titled Songs… Continue Reading
Underappreciated Album: Rapeman April 11, 2008 Underappreciated Album: Rapeman – Two Nuns and A Pack Mule Conventional wisdom seems to be that the only phoenix born of the ashes of… Continue Reading
Underappreciated Album: Pell Mell April 11, 2008 Underappreciated Album: Pell Mell – Interstate There are some records that just are made to be played out of car speakers. Call them road… Continue Reading
Underappreciated Album: Vexed April 11, 2008 Underappreciated Album: Vexed – The Good Fight Vexed’s The Good Fight is, simply put, a bizarre and riveting little musical document. Released by Seattle… Continue Reading