“Was it good for you?” asks the lead singer in the appropriately hazy “The Other Side of A Dream.” It was actually very good for [...]
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FJORD ROWBOAT – Under Cover of Brightnessreviewed by Sophia Dorval
The New Pornographers – Your Hands (Together)
The New Pornographers formed in 1997, almost immediately recorded the classic Letter From An Occupant, and it was on. Their four full-lengths (as well as numerous [...]
Nate and Jackson: I Just Can’t…by Nate Pollard and Jackson Ellis
TYPHOON – Hunger and Thirstreviewed by Mark Huddle
I am a firm believer that the best music has the power to transport its listeners to another place and time. That new geography might [...]
BERRY – Blue Sky, Raging Sunreviewed by Luke Winkie
The album cover of Blue Sky, Raging Sun looks like something you’d pass over in the five-dollar ‘80s bin at your local record store. It’s [...]
EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOPreviewed by Andrew Good
Paranoid Pictures 87 min., dir. by Banksy, with Shepard Fairey and Rhys Ifans There’s a British expression, “taking the piss,” used when you’re mocking someone or [...]
Head Like A Kite – Director’s Cut
Breaking down beats seems as natural to Head Like A Kite’s Dave Einmo as breaking down genre barriers. On HLAK’s new full-length Dreams Suspend Night, blip [...]
David Cross – I Can’t Get Beer In Me
From its foundation as a Puritan colony in 1630, to the ban on William S. Burroughs’ groundbreaking Naked Lunch during the free-wheeling ‘60s, Boston has [...]
Bitch – Kitchen
Bitch’s latest record, Blasted! is a real labor of love and her strongest solo album to date. The melodies are catchy and haunting and the [...]
Interview: Bitchwords and photos by Heather Schofner
Bitch is a classically trained violinist, poet, feminist, and a force to be reckoned with. She burst onto the scene as half of the duo [...]
Gorillaz to Headline Glastonbury Festival
Straight from the cartoon’s mouth, courtesy of Gorillaz’ Murdoc, comes news that the band will be headlining the 2010 Glastonbury Festival in June: “We’re like [...]
Jon Lindsay – My Blue Angels
Son of a preacher-man, 29 year-old American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist Jon Lindsay was born in Portland, Oregon, and currently resides in North Carolina. While honing his [...]
ANAIS MITCHELL – Hadestownreviewed by Heather Schofner
Hadestown was originally a stage production, lovingly dubbed a folk opera by its creator, Anais Mitchell. The idea was hatched in small-town Vermont by a [...]
SMOKE OR FIRE – Prehistoric Knife Fightreviewed by Ian Jones
Smoke or Fire — at least, on this EP — sound a bit cookie cutter. Now, this is coming from the guy who dyed his [...]
Rooms – Caroline
Indianapolis-based mathy-pop quartet Rooms released their debut album on April 13th. Specializing in post-contemporary, intricate, moody pop songs, Rooms incorporates disparate elements of early-’80s New [...]
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