Panda Bear’s Person Pitch is one of the more interesting advance albums I have heard so far this year. Interesting and rewarding in the sense you can let it wash over your headphones time and […]
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W.H. Auden Wrote All Your Favorite Stanzas
She’s your gray-haired granny from Gadsden, Alabama/You never see her cause she’s always in the slammer – She’s your hard-hearted mama from Apalachicola/Your daddy’s dead or at least that’s what she told ya’ – He’s […]
Desolation, Nebraska
There is a reason Nebraska is cited as the Springsteen record for non Bruce fans. Unlike the slick sheen that covers much of his other studio output, Nebraska is . . . Only the good shit. […]
Centro-matic :: Live From Austin City Limits
So, unfortunately, it doesn’t look like Will Johnson and company will be making an appearance at SXSW this year; not under the guise of Centro-matic , or South San Gabriel , that is. If I am wrong about this, by […]
Son Volt :: Returns with The Search
Beginning his new album with a song that sounds like a coda, Jay Farrar’s re-tooled Son Volt returns to retail shelves today via The Search . Following up 2005’s Guthrie inspired
Site Updates :: News, etc, etc
Alright, as I am sure some of you have noticed, the past week was rife with instances of the site being down, dead links, etc. We just switched over to a new host and (with […]
Mews Too :: An Asthmatic Kitty Compilation
Last summer I spent the better part of two and half months traveling around the country with my wife and a healthy music collection. Two of the most listened to albums were The Sound And The Hare Heard Kill Rock Stars […]
Sixty days ago she was such a lovely child…
Download: MP3: Patti Smith :: Hey Joe (cover) ———– Amazon: No Thanks – The ’70s Punk Rebellion www.pattismith.net + Visit The Hype Machine for additional
SC/Jagjaguwar/Dead Oceans/Frida Hyvî¶nen
Secretly Canadian , Jagjaguwar , (and now with the recent addition of Dean Oceans ), have label wise, seen a huge increase in my listening habits the past couple of years. As brief overview, the increasingly eclectic Indiana based label […]
Steve Martin :: Let’s Get Small
Back in my Athens days, while attending the University of Georgia , I worked at a little record store in the middle of downtown on Clayton street. Of the many artists/albums I was turned onto via the staff and […]
Galaxie 500 :: On Fire
I’ll use just about any occasion as an excuse to post some old Galaxie 500 tracks, and the release of Dean & Britta’s second full length album, Back Numbers , this past . . . Only the good shit. Aquarium Drunkard is […]
Charlie Louvin :: Tompkins Square Duets
The pairing up of music legends with contemporary popular musicians is nothing new, but rarely has it been done so well, and with as much class as the new self-titled Charlie Louvin album . Almost three months into 2007, […]
Howard Tate :: An American Soul Singer
For crate diggers, hunting down Howard Tate vinyl can be seen as an adventure, a lovable undertaking. For the those looking for the rare, mostly import, Tate compact discs, the process is more akin to an exercise in […]
Ghana Soundz 2 :: Funk & Fusion In The 70s
Not that it really ever gets cold here in L.A., but yeah, it can get a little nippy from time to time. You know, cold, like, er, 60 degrees cold. A ha ha ha….anyway. A […]
Ben Weaver :: Paper Sky (May 2007)
I’ve been looking forward to Ben Weaver’s upcoming album, Paper Sky, since last spring when I received an unsolicited, unmastered three song sampler in the mail culled from his (then) just recorded sessions with producer Brian Deck . As […]