Why wait to the end of the year to make a list. I’ll just get started on it now. I have a few albums to catch up on, so let’s start with my favourite so far. The New Pornographers are definitely one of my favourite bands and they never fail to disappoint. Together is a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is just weird. Other ways for Prince to release his music in this new age of non-digital communication: Call people at their homes (no cell phones please!) and play the album for them over the phone Inside the cereal box Dove choir Borrow Spinal Tap’s amps Change your name to the lyrics to your […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Always exciting to have a year with new albums from both Spoon and The New Pornographers (it happened in 2007 and2005). Throw in the fact that there is a new Superchunk album due in the fall and this is the most exciting music year for me in ages. So what do we get from Spoon’s […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It is difficult for me to get past my schoolboy crush on Zooey Deschanel and review this album objectively, so I’m not going to even try. But this is not just about Zooey, we must remember the Him in She & Him and give M. Ward his props as he is also an integral part […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Amid the retirement controversy (c’mon “journalists”, settle down with the rag-mag headlines) I guess it is time for a look at The Brutalist Bricks by Ted Leo and the Pharmacists. (hey, is that enough links in one sentence to the same web site? obviously I know I’m the only person on the Internet who knows […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I can’t really review the new Superchunk 7-inch Digging for Something b/w February Punk as I do not have it. I don’t do vinyl. Don’t lynch me. I downloaded the free Digging for Something mp3, which means I have half of the musical contents of the album. It is upbeat and poppy, in a similar […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Eric Bachmann and crew return with another EP of cover songs, in the tradition of the first Reservoir Songs EP released in 2002. This album contains Bachmann’s signature gravelly voice over a variation of musical arrangements. Such experimentation has been a Crooked Fingers constant and it especially works for Reservoir Songs II in which they cover […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
When Frank Black started recording again as Black Francis it was an exciting concept. The Pixies had reunited for a few tours, and though rumours of a possible new album just continue to be rumours, work by Black Francis seemed to be one step closer to that possibility. NonStopErotik, however, feels nothing like the Pixies […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
My custom made Superchunk iPhone backer. Thanks to Merge Records website for the images and Google Picasa for the collaging. I did not ask anyone’s permission to do this, so hopefully I don’t get sued. BTW: Who knew it was so difficult to take a picture of your iPhone with your iPhone…
Oh whatever happened to the band that wrote Cop, Fuck you Aurora, Maybe I’ll Catch Fire and You’ve Got So Far to Go? It feels like they just keep writing the same songs over and over again and they just keep getting watered down. The songs on This Addiction are decent. If you like Alkaline […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
