Review: Kasino – “Thank You and Goodnight” February 19, 2008 Kasino’s Thank You and Goodnight — a five-song, 14-minute EP released by Keep Recordings in a highly limited run of 50 back in July… Continue Reading
Review: Guapo and Cerberus Shoal – “The Ducks and Drakes of Guapo and Cerberus Shoal” February 18, 2008 I have this friend. Let’s call him John. Now, everybody who I introduce to John seems to love him. He’s got a great personality…. Continue Reading
Review: David Grubbs – “A Guess At The Riddle” February 18, 2008 David Grubbs may be his own worst enemy. One of the forefathers of that wondrously ambiguous indie genre known as post-rock, Grubbs seemed to… Continue Reading
Review: The Feverfew – “Apparitions” February 18, 2008 The full-length debut from New Jersey’s The Feverfew begins, appropriately enough, with a rumination on the process of nurturing new beginnings, the bittersweet acoustic… Continue Reading
Profile: Carrie Yury (2006) February 18, 2008 A shuffle of fragile guitars, understated percussion and somber pianos descend into a honey-voiced refrain of “You can’t break a heart into two halves/… Continue Reading
Review: Sonic Youth – “Rather Ripped” (II) February 18, 2008 Alright, alright, I’ll admit it. The follow-up to Sonic Nurse is a perfectly decent record, all flowering pop hooks, glassy guitar lines and addictive… Continue Reading
Review: Peeping Tom – S/T February 18, 2008 The project-juggling studio chameleon Mike Patton unleashes a strange experiment with a surprisingly straight-forward modus operandi: to lace densely layered noise-pop with infectious backbeats,… Continue Reading
Review: The Melvins – “Houdini Live: A Live History of Gluttony and Lust” February 18, 2008 Everyone’s favorite trio of sludge, roar and thunder pay tribute to the past with a recreated live recording of their much-lauded 1993 outing Houdini…. Continue Reading
Review: Don Caballero – World Class Listening Problem (III) February 18, 2008 Pittsburgh’s finest return from the ashes of American Don and six years of near-silence with an almost entirely new lineup and 10 songs… Continue Reading
Review: Calexico – “Garden Ruin” February 18, 2008 What you’ve heard is probably true. The desert-dwelling, Joey Burns/John Convertino-led ensemble expands on the more “commercially accessible” elements of 2003’s Feast of Wire… Continue Reading