Pictured: The Broken West, not big mapquest fans.
The Broken West sound like Wilco if Wilco gave up trying to change the history of rock and roll, and decided to party like drunken 14 year olds for a year. They have up-tempo songs, they have up-up tempo songs, and they have mid-tempo songs. […]
Pictured above: The Jealous Sound, who would rather be maxing out Prince Fielder’s stats with long bombs to left.
This post may completely ruin all the cred I have, but so be it. I’ve been playing the new MLB game a ton. A ton. I mean, I’m neglecting school work, friends, and […]
When Menomena’s ‘Friend and Foe’ came out in January I decided to use it in one of my hobbies; giving music I like to people who like music I hate. Primarily through the merit of the Ricky Henderson of a lead off track, my ‘My Chemical Romance’ loving ex-roommate became a fan, at least momentarily, […]
The Hold Steady has sort of been the king of cool for the last few years or so in indie rock. Big, huge hooks and guitar licks, hard hitting drum parts and hollered vocals all paved the way for two unforgettable albums, “Separation Sunday,” and the highly acclaimed, “Boys and Girls in America.”
So, what the […]
Bon Iver is the lastest incarnation of local indie-phenom, Justin Vernon. Definitely his most “out there” stuff to date, Bon Iver focuses on the lonely, dark aspects of living life in the northwoods, maple syrup excluded. This is the record that a lot of people have been waiting for, and with good reason. […]
Yup, there they are. The toy company, UNKL, is making this set of 2″ dolls after finding out that Tweedy is a big fan of their work. The dolls are modeled after the company’s UniPo series, which generally run for $8 per 2″ doll. They are not yet available for purchase, but you can bookmark […]
The first single from the new Bjork album is very okay. I remember getting excited upon hearing that Timbaland would be teaming up with her, and this track is exactly what one would expect from their collaboration: Great vocals and great drums…yet there’s definetley something missing here.
Timbaland’s Battlestar-Galactica-end-credits-tribal-drums make my heartrate triple, and the synth […]
Remember when your friend started recording his “solo album”? It was right after his jam band broke up, and his girlfriend stopped going out with him because he smoked too much “dank-ass weed.” He holed himself up for a month in his parents’ basement, he bought pro-tools, a banjo, 2 acoustic guitars, one […]
Modest Mouse’s “We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank,” is an honest, musically heartbreaking tale of tragedy. No, I mean, really, this album is a tragedy.
Where their last release, “Good News For People Who Love Bad News,” may have only drug fans through partial disappointment, this effort makes sure to pick them back up […]
The new Wilco CD is going to be something that you won’t like. You’re going to say it’s “easy listening music”, it “sounds neil diamond-ee”, or “whatever, man”. We’ll you’re also going to be an idiot. Yes, there are moments when Sky Blue Sky sounds schmaltzy. There are moments when it […]
Leslie Feist is frustrating as hell, at least as an artist. Yes, yes, we all know pretty girls are handed everything, but does this even extend to indie rock? Is indie rock primarily judged by over/under weight guys who are awkward around girls? Are they lonely, pasty, pathetic slugs who exist only […]