A Follow Up to the Gonzalez Teaser

I forgot to update you on this, huh?
Apologies.

A Conversation

We’ve been having this conversation over at SWOON about indie music being a lot like AM Gold back in the day.

The edges are softening and musicianship is becoming important again. Irony is out, sincerity is in. Melody is important once again. Artists are remembering the beauty in timelessness.
There are some pretty great comparisons […]

September Rock N Romp Mix Tape

I think it might be a nice idea to make mixes out of the CDs I burn for Romps here in Austin. As bands are setting up, kids are filing in, and during breaks, I force the sound guy to play whatever music I’ve brought, and this month I had a special CD just […]

Listen List, 3 Etc.

Apparently it’s impossible to actually listen to whatever I put on the listen list, but I’m not giving up. Last week, I wanted to pay special attention to Gotye, Susumu Yokata, Annuals, Swan Lake & Under Byen, and though I did listen to all of those albums, I listened to other things more. […]

Odds & Ends: New Release Tuesday, Jet and Monkey Piss, Grover in Drag

A video mashup of Sesame Street combined with some Good Fellas dialogue. Um, I can’t help loving it, y’all. Thank you Leah for the heads up.

I couldn’t have reviewed the new Jet album better myself.

My New Release Tuesday column is up

Some new stuff up at Swoon, too

Ratatat show review on Austinist: if you actually […]