I know what you’re thinking: “not another quirky Canadian indie pop band.” Then, of course, you are expecting me to follow up with a “but wait don’t write this band off yet!” sort of thing. For sure,…
If you’re like me, and most of the music world, you’re wondering when Fugazi will gather their collective gear and unite once more to blow our collectively numbed minds. It will happen, dear readers, mark my words.…
In articles about Erika Wennerstrom, singer and leader of the Heartless Bastards, the term “shy” crops up time after time. Whether meeting people at a party or fronting her band before a cast of thousands, Wennerstrom’s first…
You’re going to get exactly what you want from Mike Doughty. “I’m writing mostly drug stories,” he warns from the outset of the oh-so-appropriately titled memoir, The Book of Drugs. “I have them. People read them.” He…
In times of joblessness and Standard & Poors downgrades worlwide, Sugar + the Hi-Lows have created a lively, playful album. “With the climate of everything right now – with the economy – you could write the most…
Ingrid Michaelson has made a career of being emotional, quirky and waltzing to her own drumbeat. Her lyrics have ranged from lovey-dovey and witty to heartbroken and sharp as a knife, all while singing in a voice…
On Animal Joy, Shearwater has mustered up its most absolutely cheery work to date. Now, before fans assume the worst, we all know that the bar for cheeriest Shearwater music is pretty damn low. And Animal Joy,…
Full disclosure: I have a pretty serious crush on Norah Jones, so I’m going to do my best to be unbiased here. The Little Willies are an excuse for some great musicians to get together and play…
What is it about critical thinking nowadays that we compare the latest and greatest band (or fad or leaning) with one in recent memory, when it’s always more complicated than that? Yeah, I know, I do it…
This was my first Noam Chomsky book, but like many people the name was familiar to me. Familiar enough that my favorite one-liner by comedian Zack Galifianackis hit the target when I first heard it, even though…