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…
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…
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…
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…
In the movie Sliding Doors the character played by Gwyneth Paltrow is running to catch a train. The screen splits; on one screen she makes the train and on the other the sliding doors of the train close just before she gets there. The rest of the movie shows her two different paths through life. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I came across the band The Rural Alberta Advantage last year thanks to Exclaim magazine. After listening/watching a few things online I immediately bought their album, Hometowns. I have not listened to an album so dripping with passion and emotion in ages and the energy of their live performance (as seen online, at least) is incomparable. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I finished my HAIL** just a day before the September 14th release date of Superchunk’s Majesty Shredding. My wife was not happy with the amount of money I spent on this purpose built room full of the most advanced audio entertainment equipment (thanks N.A.S.A.!!) and the chair from the set of Dollhouse, but we always […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
