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...
Wild Flag: Wild Flag October 14, 2011Welcome to Sleater-Kinney’s less annoying little cousin. Not to say that all Sleater-Kinney is annoying, but there’s only...
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...
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...
