The Anniversary: Your Majesty November 24, 2008This one is less swinging than their debut, Designing a Nervous Breakdown, eliminating the wacky keyboard and going...
The Anniversary: Designing a Nervous Breakdown November 24, 2008Welcome to the world of emo power-pop. Combining the whimsy of The Rentals and the typical Get Up...
Tha Alkaholiks: 21 & Over November 24, 2008If there were ever a more appropriate college album than this one, I can’t think of what it...
Girl Talk: Feed the Animals November 22, 2008I’m kind of a prude when it comes to content. I don’t like sexual brag rap. I’m sure...
Four Volts: Triple Your Work Force November 20, 2008Sometimes you just want your rock ‘n roll loud and sloppy and somewhat irreverent. Who cares if you...
The Decemberists @ The Wellmont Theatre November 13, 2008We walked the eighth of a mile or so from our house down to The Wellmont Theatre in...
Death From Above 1979: You’re a Woman, I’m a Machine November 4, 2008I’m not really sure how to categorize this music. I’m sure there are others out there that know...
David Karsten Daniels: Fear of Flying November 4, 2008I’m not sure what to call these guys. Americana troubadours? Uh, alterna-folksters? Anyway, Daniels is another in the...
Cold War Kids: Robbers & Cowards November 2, 2008I think I’m supposed to hate this album because of the use of “kid” in their name and...
Jay Reatard: Matador Singles ’08 October 31, 2008At first I felt kind of weird or bad listening to this guy. But by this, the third...
Jonathan Fire*Eater: Wolf Songs for Lambs October 28, 2008When I first heard this album back in ’97 I dismissed it as a “circus” record. Not in...
Jay Reatard: Blood Visions October 27, 2008The cover of this album makes me gag a bit, but from the opening track when Jay’s fake...
Arctic Monkeys: Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not October 5, 2008What does a dude sound like when he’s singing with a cigarette and a pint in his hands?...
The Promise Ring: Very Emergency September 29, 2008This generation’s emo is crap. They have like Red Jumpsuit this and Three Times Dope that. It’s all...
The Rapture: Echoes September 9, 2008I know I’m supposed to love this album. And to some extent I really do like its weird...
Bonnie Prince Billy: I See a Darkness August 24, 2008Welcome aboard the sadness train. This maudlin ode to death and dust is like the slowest of Sebadoh’s...
Ra Ra Riot: The Rhumb Line August 21, 2008It’s hard to believe, after spending four years there, that anything good could come out of Syracuse. It’s...
Camper Van Beethoven: Cigarettes & Carrot Juice – The Santa Cruz Years August 18, 2008I listened to a lot of Camper van Beethoven back in 1987. I can’t tell you why other...