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I left a party to listen to this record tonight.
All my favorite coworkers were eating free food and drinking free beer (even Dogfish Head’s 90 Minute IPA) when someone’s iPod’s playlist played two songs off of this album. That’s when I knew I was going to have to leave early; Early enough to get […]

10) Menomena, Friend and Foe – Their song writing may leave a bit to be desired, and this material lost some oomph in their live show, but this album sounds amazing on headphones, and I love studio trickery.
9) Okkervil River, The Stage Names – “Unless It’s Kicks” earned this a spot on my list […]

Man Man will be playing at Chicago underground art space AV aerie tomorrow night. If you don’t already know, Man Man are a group of hirsuite dudes from Philly who play gut grabbing music that’s heavy on the percussion & is as influenced by Tom Waits as it is by their reptilian brainz. […]

On their newest album, Love Is Simple, Akron / Family succeeds because it is unafraid of failure. They lack pretension and this allows their ideas to pour forth without filtering them through preconceptions of what might be cool or new. As such, on this album you will find some of the most affecting songs […]

I’ll pass on the J M&M’s. I know this’ll make some of you think I’m an oaf, but the closest I’ve ever come to liking a Morrisey song is the thought, “Oh yeah, I’ve heard this one before. It doesn’t quite suck.”
Gimme the Hold Steady opening for Art Brut.
Well I guess it’s the […]

Damn, this buzz band 1990s (no “The” no apostrophe, mind you) sounds pretty good. Their Gorrilaz-esque video aint so bad either. Check it out:
BIDEO!

Two weeks after the fact, I have decided to post a l’il review of my most hotly anticipated Pitchfork performance:

Now, in all fairness, this was billed as “Stephen Malkmus” without any mention of The Jicks, but I just assumed he’d bring along the back up band for a show in front of 15000+ people. Even […]

If you missed it, you need to go here and watch the video of Man Man working on their next album. I am so damn excited to hear this album that I just might squeal. Apparently it will be their “pop” album, and this of course gets me excited. However, one is […]