I reviewed Battles’ Mirrored today for New Release Tuesday, and if you have any interest at all in what I said, feel free to take a look.
The band’s ability to work outside genre classification is probably the most important offering Mirrored can boast long-term. There’s not a doubt in this writer’s mind that the […]
DeVille’s audition for NPR’s talent quest is pretty great, you should go vote for him.
Also, anyone who readily quotes Jorge Luis Borges is pretty much cool in my book, indefinitely.
Finally, Yewknee has posted the companion to his first saxophone mix, Sax On the Beach: Volume 2: Even Saxier. Volume 2 features Huey Lewis, George Harrison, Dire Straits, Man Man and (YES!) Gerry Rafferty. Someone knows his sax. TGIF!
Yewknee’s Sax on the Beach Mix, Vol. 2
Three Mile Pilot’s self-titled EP (released in 1998 on Gravity Records, home to many of my favorite bands of that time) sparked the beginning of several notable indie rock careers — featuring members of Black Heart Procession and Pinback, the mostly instrumental outfit released a few albums and EPs before going on an […]
Recently, PopMatters revealed that in Texas, Austin might not be the end-all for indie rock. Denton (a small community near Dallas) has been slowly taking its spot in the spotlight what with its Midlake, three universities, blogs-a-plenty and more. The music school there has helped curate a long history of musicians and history […]
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