The Decemberists: What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World April 6, 2015The Decemberists are a ways off from their sea shanty days. A long way from tales that meandered...
Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks: Wig Out at Jagbags April 13, 2014Malkmus was always tagged with the whole slacker thing from way back. But somehow those old Pavement records...
2011 Albums of the Year December 31, 2011So I figure everyone else is doing his top albums thing, so I might as well. Now I...
Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks: Mirror Traffic September 12, 2011As an aging hipster, it is a moral imperative that I buy this album. Pavement is the ultimate touchpoint...
The Decemberists: The King is Dead January 28, 2011When I heard The Decemberists were making a country album I cringed a little bit. And then I...
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...
Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks: Face the Truth July 4, 2005I was reading somewhere recently about aging indie guys. It was scary how much of me I saw...
The Decemberists: Her Majesty the Decemberists September 10, 2003Who doesn’t love a sea shanty? Well, sea shanties sung by nerdy intellectuals whose only experience on a...