TAINted Love : In which The Decemberists trade their image for silhouettes...
I know what you’re thinking and I don’t want to hear it. At least not right now. I am fully aware of how pompous and routine you think The Decemberists are and though I will easily admit that I don’t...
View ArticleMy Year In List : Music
This is the first January to January that I have spent living in New York City. The job market is scary and unstable, though luckily I’m employed and still paying my bills. (Actually I may have just...
View ArticleNO HOOKER HEART OF GOLD: LARKIN GRIMM
Running the fine line of fairy tale and horror film, Larkin Grimm continually surprises me. Larkin Grimm’s first album, “Paplar” came out through Young God Records. Listening to it transports...
View ArticleMy Year In List Part 2 : Music
Picking up where the other five left off, here is the remainder of my favorites of the year: DEERHUNTER – MICROCASTLE Deerhunter – Microcastle Bradford Cox had a good year. Though things looked bleak...
View ArticleAscension Recordings and Publications 2009 comp!!
So okay, I was just asked to release my EP ‘Pi11 Bits’ on Casey Chisholm’s ‘Ascension Recordings and Publications‘, and I’m maybe a tad bit excited. But hey, in credit to my own back-scratching, I was...
View ArticleHousing Crisis Shmousing Crisis : Many Mansions Prevail (!!!INTERVIEW!!!)
Though the term ‘many mansions’ may remind some people of the bible, (“In my father’s house are many mansions…” John 14:2) with a housing crisis that’s been official for a while now and an economy...
View ArticleCOCOROSIE new EP: “Coconuts, and Plenty of Junk Food
CocoRosie’s new EP Coconut’s, Plenty of Junk Food totally managed to fly past my radar when it came out about a month ago. A bit of research showed that the album is only being sold at their live shows...
View ArticleAva Luna and Yeasayer pictures!!!
Last Thursday night I had the privilege of seeing two bands I love play clear across town from each other and it only cost me $5.00! Enough gloating about the joys of summer though, if you have been...
View ArticleArias Calmed: an online chapbook
These poems are from a year ago. They are dedicated to my favorite dominatrix Claire Adams. Two of these poems were published in the zine “TRY” based in San Francisco. If you want a paper copy of the...
View ArticleOwen Pallett (formerly Final Fantasy) live at Webster Hall!
When I last checked in with Owen Pallett, his band was still called Final Fantasy and he was playing with the Brooklyn Philharmonic at BAM opening up for a little Brooklyn band called Grizzly Bear....
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