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Kash Out
Something like a decade ago, Tim Kasher was a sturdy tine on the Saddle Creek pitchfork, spearheading Cursive and nurturing volatility. Growing up wasn’t part of the equation.
You got to hide your Soulive away
Does the world really need another cover or an entire album of tunes made famous by the Fab Four? Soulive thinks so. Despite iTunes finally making The Beatles’ catalog available to consumers after years of legal trouble, the trio hopes fans will bypass the classic versions and turn a kind eye to its interpretations on […]
It’s a hooootenanny!
Critics, stepping all over themselves to discredit Hinder, often overlook a crucial fact about the band’s sound.
A Tunng lashing
It sounds stupid, but let’s get it out of the way: If Sufjan Stevens were behind . . . And Then We Saw Land (Thrill Jockey), we’d forget all about The Age Of Adz and hail it as an album of the year. Tunng won’t be so lucky.
Carmine said three girls
What The Chapin Sisters have it all except Hollywood. Siblings? Check. Famous family? Check. A massive breakup? Ch- well, no.
Am I Blacc Enough?
With old age comes a deranged sense of humor. Suddenly, the same joke applies to every scenario and damnit if you don’t need to repeat it a couple times before people finally acknowledge your stunningly developed wit with an uncomfortable smile.
Keep them ‘doggies rollin’
Judge, we’d like to present you with Exhibit A: the book cover. The above photograph is quite indicative of the music you are about to hear.
Lay your hands on me
New Jersey gets no respect. The entertainment industry sees it as a bastion for bad police (Copland), criminals (“The Sopranos”), and a playground for trash (“Jersey Shore”). Facebook founder/outsider Mark Zuckerberg recently made a show of his philanthropy by dumping a wad of cash on its school systems — because they suck.
The Books on CD come to town!
We have such fun with bandnames and titles at IE. Nothing tickled more than — riffing on an Epic/Legacy title — saying that The Clash live in Shea Stadium. And these Books! Gah-ha-ha-ha!
Bob Dylan was wrong
The wind’s all over the place today, so we might need a weatherman to tell us which way it’s really blowing. But we’ll get to The Witmark Demos later this week. On to our recs for Thursday!
Sleigh Bells preview!
Even by contemporary standards, when hyperbolic Internet hype and a splashy single can spell instant success, Sleigh Bells’ meteoric rise has been impressive.
Throwback weekend!
Retro is in again! This weekend, we move back and forward, unconfined by time and space. Everything’s relative, anyway, so we feel no shame in not sticking to whatever it is we started this post talking about.
Deerhunter preview!
Deerhunter has a gift for turning clever sleights of hand into uniquely satisfying, often awe-inspiring, moments of feverish pop magic, and its discography is quickly gaining iconic status.
Taken For Granite
. . . that’s what I thought the saying was when I was a kid. Didn’t know if the granite referred to someone being a rock or having a head full of them. Anyway, it’s typically what happens to singer/songwriters like Kim Richey.
St. Ides
This weekend begins with the Ides Of October, very different (if unofficial) from the Ides Of March in not only is there not a classic song (“Vehicle”) or Shakespearian drama (“Julius Caesar”), but October is three months from the end of the year where March is the same distance from the beginning.
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