Reviews
Sunday, November 1 2009
Alasdair Roberts: The Wyrd Meme
Traditional and untraditional folk combine for an intriguing, engaging EP from one of Scotland's most interesting songwriters
Wednesday, October 21 2009
Daniel Johnston: Is And Always Was
On his first album in 6 years, Daniel Johnston plunders his record collection but doesn't come up with all that much.
Friday, September 25 2009
Times New Viking: Born Again Revisited
From Columbus, Ohio ("where people drink beer and smoke cigarettes"), Times New Viking continue the war against fidelity on their fourth album.
Monday, September 21 2009
Soft Subversions by Felix Guattari
An anti-establishment political bent is evident throughout. The eclecticism is never boring, however, and Guattari would certainly have wanted it that way. Recommended.
Thursday, September 17 2009
Pink Flag by Wilson Neate
Neate's book encourages a discourse on LPs which could be lost but which stubbornly survives; the vinyl jostles with mp3s for (real and virtual) space in certain hipsters' record collections.
Blogs
Thursday, December 3 2009
The Feelies, Reconsidered
After a short chat with Feelies co-chairman Glenn Mercer, co-leader of The Feelies, writer Kieran Curran started thinking about the seminal rock band's place in our modern times...
