Month: January 2007

It’s raining like a sum bitch out there tonight, and I’m about out the door with a big umbrella , but before I head out for the night I want to encourage anyone with even […]

Blake Hazard, one half of L.A.’s songwriting pop duo The Submarines , stopped by the show yesterday and played a couple of tunes for us on the acoustic before doing an eclectic guest DJ set. Not only […]

Are you down with the Numero Group ? If not, get hip, as they are just one of the many, many great labels that have sprung up the past few years specializing in obscure reissues and deep-crate […]

My exposure to Nova Scotia’s power-pop outfit Sloan was a reverse and catch-up affair as they have steadily flown below the radar in the U.S. — even in “indie” terms. Perhaps the flood the past four […]

Without a doubt The Shins Wincing the Night Away was the leak of 2006 — and for good reason.               Mercer and company have done it again, and I must agree with the early reviewers who noted that Wincing moves the band into a […]

This is not your older brother’s Of Montreal . After one listen to the group’s latest, Hissing Fauna Are You The Destroyer , fans of Of Montreal prior to 2004’s Satanic Panic In The Attic will be shocked to learn this is the same outfit that […]

Here is a blast from the recent past. This past fall V2 re-released The Mooney Suzuki’s 1999 tour-only Black EP with five extra tracks pulled from the original recording sessions. This is fine, fine neo-garage. Along with the track additions […]