Another awesome dollar bin goldmine find this weekend, with Jesse Winchester’s self-titled long-player from 1970. I actually stumbled across the original Ampex release, too (which is cool because it was reissued several times afterwards, and is a bit of a collector’s item thanks to the strange circumstances). The vinyl features the sepia photo on four […]
I’ve been really into this band Future of the Left since reviewing their record, Curses, for Austinist (you can read that here.)
There are elements of familiarity, deeply rooted devotions to the old days of loud, angular punk rock, but the delivery is so goddamn arty, so sharp, it’s unlike anything else. No one is […]
Mike Barthel on Vampire Weekend, but here specifically about the unavoidable goodness of some songs that are undeniably worth disliking:
You can dislike the song–you should dislike the song–but “Candle in the Wind” sold how many fucking copies? It’s reasonable to think people responded so strongly to that song because it powerfully expressed a particular […]
A few weeks ago we were sitting around listening to one of my favorite records, Bob Seger’s Stranger in Town with some friends. I might be alone in this in some circles, but I like Stranger in Town completely un-ironically, I believe it’s truly a great record. It’s not a ground-breaking record, it’s not a […]
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