Riding the momentum of last year’s album Nobody’s Darlings and the honestly of the bare-boned, band-on-the-road-documentary Dreaming In America , Lucero is back with possibly their strongest and most consistent listen yet. […]
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The Theatre Fire :: Everybody Has A Darkside
Over beers earlier this summer at Athfest , team clermont’s Lucas Jensen casually mentioned that The Theatre Fire’s Everybody Has A Darkside album was his favorite release of ’06. I was immediately intrigued as: […]
Oakley Hall :: Gypsum Strings
Hitting their stride (and the record-buying public) with not one, but two, albums this year is Brooklyn’s Oakley Hall . The latter of the two, Gypsum Strings , sees the psych-country-rock monsters burning […]
Jason Molina/Magnolia Electric Co.
Now Podcasting :: Episode 12
14 Iced Bears :: Sure To See
Last week after hosting Little Radio’s Aquarium Drunkard Show, I stuck around for the first half of the The Garden Fence of Sound show which directly follows mine. Regular host Dave Newton […]
Ladyhawk :: Let There Be Rock
Jolie Holland :: Stubborn Beast
A sultry Billie Holiday with an East Texas drawl? Soul-Jazz with a Country-politan lilt? Maybe, but the quality and craft of Jolie Holland’s third full-length, Springtime Can Kill You , is beyond any […]
The Killing Moon :: Cover Wars
Jason Collett :: Idols of Exile
Keeping track of the extended Broken Social Scene cadre and it’s member’s various solo projects (not too mention their related band’s projects) can be an excercise unto itself, which is why it took […]
Brightblack Morning Light :: Self Titled
I wrote the following about Brightblack in the fall of 2005 after first listening the pair’s ala.cali.tucky album: “Brightblack is made up of longtime friends and musical partners Nabob and Raybob […]
Sonic Youth :: Live Television Spots
Nearly a decade’s worth of Sonic Youth’s television appearances collected and captured in an MP3 format. Any of you have video for some of these? If so, leave a link in the […]
Revisiting :: Flat Duo Jets
This years Raconteurs release re-sparked my interest in the early White Stripes albums which in turn re-sparked an interest in the music of Flat Duo Jets . Long credited as an influence on Jack White and […]
Tyrone :: Under The Covers
Yesterday while hosting the Aquarium Drunkard show at Little Radio I played My Morning Jacket’s cover of Erykah Badu’s “Tyrone” off a 2000 radio boot I posted here. Damn that Jim James can sing. You very well may have this tune […]
Augie March :: Strange Bird
Fact one: Australia’s Augie March purloined their name from a Saul Bellows novel . Fact two: Their 2004 album Strange Bird has heavily occupied my stereo of late . . . Only the good shit. […]