A Dangerous Man February 1, 2007The folks at Random House were nice enough to send me the second book in this trilogy, Six...
Annuals: Be He Me October 18, 2006I’m generally not a fan of ethereal music. That’s my issue with the Annuals and their kind of...
Robert Pollard: Normal Happiness October 11, 2006Wow, it’s the new “peppy” Robert Pollard. Sunshiny and ready to rock ‘n roll. Of course he’s just...
It’s Superman! October 1, 2006I honestly never asked myself about Superman’s high school years, nor how he came to be a reporter...
Tokyo Police Club: A Lesson in Crime September 13, 2006It’s as if The Strokes got released from their major label and were allowed to really rock it...
The Paper Chase: Now You Are One of Us August 29, 2006Stuck somewhere between that Halloween record you had as a kid with the spooky sounds on it and...
Tapes ‘n Tapes: The Loon June 25, 2006I always forget about these guys. Lost in the wash of mid-aughts indie music and Surfer Rosa-era Pixies...
Calexico: Garden Ruin June 24, 2006I’m not sure how the classify this music. Like pretty indie Americana or singer songwriter music for aged...
Sunset Rubdown: Shut Up I am Dreaming June 21, 2006Mixing the theatrics of Destroyer and the indie rock bombast of Arcade Fire, this Wolf Parade “side-project” I...
The Capes: Hello June 21, 2006Do you like your music catchy and you accents super-ridiculously ridiculous? So poppy it’s almost jokey, the album...
Beirut: Gulag Orkestar June 13, 2006Listen to the wunderkind make the oldie-time music! One part Neutral Milk Hotel and another Jonathan Richman, this...
Evangelicals: So Gone June 13, 2006So this is the band that had George W in its pocket? What? That’s actually a group of...
The Strokes: First Impressions of Earth June 11, 2006Shut up haters! On their junior album (is that correct considering a second album is a called a...
Deadboy & the Elephantmen: We Are Night Sky June 7, 2006Like something out of hillbilly hell or some bizarre zombie version of the The White Stripes, this band is...
Islands: Return to the Sea April 10, 2006You’d figure that starting off your album with a nine minute song would automatically disqualify you from indie...
Possible Side Effects April 1, 2006With the controversy that swirled around the revelation that A Million Little Pieces was more fiction than not...
Robert Pollard: From a Compound Eye January 25, 2006I really did give up trying to track Pollard’s solo stuff after Choreographed Man of War. That album...