Features
Friday, July 28 2006
The Cut-Out Bin #7: 10cc, How Dare You! (1976)
Lurking just below the goofy comedy, the mishmash of genres and the studio gimmickry of this last album by the band's original lineup is a pervasive, inconsolable sense of disconnection.
Thursday, April 13 2006
Granola Funk Express
Few would think to look for hip-hop explorers in the hills of North Carolina, but this collective has been mining beats and crafting thoughtful rhymes for almost a decade. Meet Granola Funk Express, the new children of a revolution.
Thursday, February 9 2006
The Cut-Out Bin #5: George Michael, Listen Without Prejudice, Vol. 1 (1990)
After 'Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go', maybe this record's title asked too much. Still, this song cycle has the ambition of Stevie Wonder's 1970s work and Michael nearly had the talent to pull it off.
Thursday, February 9 2006
George Michael, Listen Without Prejudice, Vol. 1 (1990)
After "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go", maybe this record's title asked too much. Still, this song cycle has the ambition of Stevie Wonder's 1970s work and Michael nearly had the talent to pull it off.
Sunday, January 1 1995
Insinuating Voices: An Interview with Mark Kozelek
The songwriter who led Red House Painters explains the curious contours of his solo career and his recent decision to record an album of Modest Mouse covers with his new band, Sun Kil Moon.
Reviews
Wednesday, June 6 2007
FEST FLASHBACK: High Sierra Music Festival 2006 feat. My Morning Jacket, Brakes, and Apollo Sunshine
There's a palpable sense of remove from the normal life in High Sierra.
Monday, May 15 2006
The Black Crowes
Hanging on one of those gently curving, multi-consonant streets that crisscross Amsterdam, I felt rock 'n' roll's heathen gospel goodness seep into my pores...
Sunday, January 1 1995
High Sierra Music Festival Part 1 feat. My Morning Jacket
You might well be on the road to Rivendell, Shangri-La, or maybe even Grandma's House.
