Did Paul McCartney Ride The Colbert Bump To Coachella?
Coincidence? Let’s weigh the evidence.
music that matters
Crappy Music, Not Iran, Is Our Enemy
Bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran? What the hell for? Because it makes awesome space rock? Seriously, what has this band ever done to us? Other than turn out one […]
You Should Already Know: Mercury Rev
A trip down Mercury Rev’s memory lane proves to be an uneven romp.
I Apologize, Juana Molina
If Molina continues to impress like this, she’s going to demand her own terminology.
Dalek’s Industrial-Hop Tactics Takes Brains
People these days don’t seem to understand that hip-hop is much more diverse than the stoopid shit you see on MTV, when it’s showing music videos, that is. Its palette […]
Who? The Guggenheim Grotto
Looking for some earnest, digital folk from Ireland? Check out these tender-hearted troubadours I review for Metromix. They make the ladies weep like Joyce would have if he wasn’t a […]
Franz Ferdinand Parties Tonight. And Every Other Night Too, To Be Honest
Back to the grind, folks. And the grind always needs an endgame, usually one occurring on the weekend with its own dance soundtrack. Speaking of, Franz Ferdinand is all about […]
R.I.P. Ron Asheton, Rock Influential
Shining lights of the world are leaving us at what feels like an exponential rate. It seems like I’ve been covering a death or burial almost every day. Today I […]
Best Of 2008, The Playlist
What a year. My Bloody Valentine and Swervedriver returned, Juana Molina and Marnie Stern spacetracked my brain strange, the playlist goes on. Speaking of here it is. Some of the […]
R.I.P. Listening Post (For Now)
Well, the economy did not leave my life unscathed, although I have worked hard to keep it that way. Wired decided to shutter its music blog Listening Post, which I […]
Pixies + Dali = ?
li news fit to print, but no love for the ears?
No worries. This fun mashup of the Pixies’ “Debaser” with Dali and Bunuel’s Un Chien Andalou ought to tide us over until Destino and Banderas’ Dali film hit the screens.
Jesus Forgives The Beatles
It’s nice that you finally got around to forgiving John Lennon for boasting that The Beatles were bigger than Jesus, who we admit has a birthday coming up. But you might have wanted to pick a better time than the 40th anniversary of The White Album.
Metromixed! Holiday Headaches With Billy Bob, Sarah Brightman, Verve
The holidays are here, and so are the holiday albums. There’s more of them this year than any other year I can remember, which would be great if they were […]
Best Music of 2008? You Tell Me
from Femi Kuti to Deerhunter to Juana Molina and onward, there’s a lot of best to best.
Post Up! At Last, Loop Returns
The underrated guitar army Loop is coming back into print, after years hidden beneath the afterglow of My Bloody Valentine, Swervedriver and The Jesus and Mary Chain. If you want […]
All Hail Curumin’s Tropicalia-Hop!
On the hunt for exceptional music? Check out Curumin, who has delivered one of the finest efforts of the year in Japan Pop Show. It’s a cultural and sonic bleed […]
Ryan Adams Changes Name, Game
I haven’t been following the career of this fine fan of country, roots, pop and rock, because I figured he was doing just fine, thanks. I’ve been seeing his name […]
Have The Kaiser Chiefs Lost Their Heads?
It’s good to keep the tempo up. Crowds need to be motivated, and minds need to be energized, especially on Election Day. So I figured posting a heads-up on my […]
Bloc Parties With Electronics
You have to wait with buzz bands. You got to see if they can stick around after the hype has worn off. Which is another way of saying I don’t […]
Rest in Pieces, Gravediggaz
Long before popcorn torture porn owned the mallrats or the Pentagon started contracting packs of robots to hunt down non-cooperative humans, Gravediggaz owned horrorcore.
Deerhunter’s Weird Pop Has Excellent Aim
Some very compelling music has come out so far in 2008, from all corners of the sonic universe. But few have sounded as strange yet accessible as Deerhunter’s Microcastle. I […]
Post Up! The Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne Works Toward Personal Freakout
I spent the last couple of days swimming in The Flaming Lips, interviewing front man Wayne Coyne and checking out his deranged holiday events, Christmas on Mars and March of 1,000 Skeletons.
Gang Gang Dance’s Defiant Saint Dymphna
Gang Gang Dance is that rare collective that eschews formal structures for free-for-all experimentation and expression.
Interview: Adam Franklin’s Magnetic Morning
“It’s certainly been a busy old year musically,” explains Adam Franklin. No kidding. After releasing a solo disc with his band Bolts of Melody, he reunited with hallowed guitar avengers […]
Post Up! The Ghost of Joe McCarthy Returns
It’s been bonkers around these parts, but I did get a chance to post for Wired over the weekend. Funny story. This death-mask tool of a Republican named Michelle Bachmann […]