The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet January 7, 2011I am an unabashed fan of David Mitchell. At least I was an unabashed fan of David Mitchell....
LCD Soundsystem: This is Happening January 4, 2011I have some weird internal backlash in me about this band. Maybe I still have this thing in...
Race Horses: Goodbye Falkenburg January 4, 2011It always feels to me like the Welsh live a whimsical life. Their music is joyously poppy (see...
Los Campesinos!: Romance is Boring January 4, 2011What happened to my spazzy Welsh peeps? Are they headed down a path to being “serious” musicians. This...
Superchunk: Majesty Shredding November 30, 2010So it’s been ten years since the last Superchunk album and I don’t know how, but Mac’s voice...
Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse: Dark Night of the Soul November 27, 2010What to do when your lead singer kills himself? Hire the best known hipster producer in the whole...
Big Boi: Sir Lucious Left Foot… The Son of Chico Dusty November 25, 2010My appreciation for hip-hop is somewhat limited. I have little tolerance for skits and am not a huge...
Interpol: Interpol November 23, 2010I will not apologize for enjoying Interpol albums. Not that anybody has asked me to, but there seems...
Lightspeed Champion: Life is Sweet! Nice to Meet You. November 4, 2010Much more fleshed out than his first stab at a solo thing, Devonte Hynes moves even further from...
Das Racist: Sit Down, Man October 24, 2010I love free music. Unfortunately without the help of illegal download sites (which I would never do working...
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps October 1, 2010A film for our time. A film out of time. A film from another time. All could describe, or have been used to describe, both the first Wall Street back in '86, and now this
Les Savy Fav: Root for Ruin September 7, 2010Offkilter. I guess this is what you have to expect from a band fronted by a fat, bald...
The Gaslight Anthem: American Slang September 3, 2010I recall reading somewhere where the lead singer of Gaslight Anthem, Brian Fallon, called his band’s Bruce Springsteen...
Ra Ra Riot: The Orchard September 3, 2010So your drummer and songwriter dies after recording your debut album. It’s met with decent, and deserved, accolades....
The Hold Steady: Heaven is Whenever September 3, 2010This is one of those bands that I think I always liked conceptually more than I liked in...
The National: High Violet September 2, 2010Namechecked by every aging hipster on earth, The National have become the rock band even your 28-year-old friend...
Menomena: Mines August 12, 2010I declare albums ‘album of the year!’ on a regular basis. Actually, I’m often disappointed by much of...
Fang Island: Fang Island August 12, 2010I was clearly hitting the pipe when I downloaded this one. Instrumental ra ra prog rock shouldn’t be...