LONG PLAYERS OF THE YEAR: [22] Lindstrøm, “Where You Go I Go Too” (Smalltown Supersound)
[Photo by Lin Stensrud] We hate half-baked countdowns just as much as the next cynic. That said, self-titled couldn’t help but stare in horror as good but not great (Fleet Foxes at No. 1 and 2? Really?) albums top the lists of other publications. Here’s one of 30 selections from our rundown of wholly recommended […]
FREE ASSOCIATION: Edie Sedgwick’s Track-By-Track Breakdown of “Things Are Getting Sinister And Sinisterer”
With his two Dischord-borne bands (Antelope; El Guapo, a.k.a. Supersystem) now defunct, Justin Moyer has returned to his nom de electro, Edie Sedgwick. While he looks a bit like Pop Levi these days, we can assure you that Sedgwick’s second LP (the Ian MacKaye-aided Things Are Getting Sinister And Sinisterer) isn’t on par with Pop […]
Australian Researchers Take a Stand Against Headbanging, AC/DC
Embedded video from <a href=”http://www.cnn.com/video” mce_href=”http://www.cnn.com/video”>CNN Video</a> If the CNN report posted above to be believed, headbanging is bad for your health, leaving concertgoers “dazed, confused and incoherent.” According to a pair of Australian researchers, bands like AC/DC should follow three simple rules to save us from ourselves: Provide fans with “formal training” on “how […]
LONG PLAYERS OF THE YEAR: [21] Fennesz, “Black Sea” (Touch)
We hate half-baked countdowns just as much as the next cynic. That said, self-titled couldn’t help but stare in horror as good but not great (Fleet Foxes at No. 1 and 2? Really?) albums top the lists of other publications. Here’s one of 30 selections from our rundown of wholly recommended 2008 records …
LONG PLAYERS OF THE YEAR: [20] Why?, “Alopecia” (Anticon.)
We hate half-baked countdowns just as much as the next cynic. That said, self-titled couldn’t help but stare in horror as good but not great (Fleet Foxes at No. 1 and 2? Really?) albums top the lists of other publications. Here’s one of 30 selections from our rundown of wholly recommended 2008 records …
LONG PLAYERS OF THE YEAR: [19] Wolf Parade, “At Mount Zoomer” (Sub Pop)
[Photo by Meqo Sam Cecil] We hate half-baked countdowns just as much as the next cynic. That said, self-titled couldn’t help but stare in horror as good but not great (Fleet Foxes at No. 1 and 2? Really?) albums top the lists of other publications. Here’s one of 30 selections from our rundown of wholly […]
PEEP SHOW: Mad Decent’s “Angels With Filthy Souls,” A Special Xmas Presentation
Mad Decent Xmas: Angels with Filthy Souls from Mad Decent on Vimeo.
LONG PLAYERS OF THE YEAR: 18 More Must-Listens, From Atlas Sound to Torche
FROM ENGLAND WITH LOVE: The Last Shadow Puppets Now that we’re six days into 2009, self-titled figured we should stop arguing about the rest of our ’08 countdown and decide the damn thing so we can move on to new music. With that in mind, here are 18 more endorsements in alphabetical order. Like what […]
PEEP SHOW: Fever Ray, “If I Had a Heart”
Nice to see Karin Dreijer of the Knife mellowing out in her new side project, Fever Ray. And to think she used to look like this (and no, this is not a joke) …