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Live Music: Charles Spearin’s Happiness Project @ Le Poisson Rouge, 3/15/09
One of many highlights of Broken Social Scene’s performance at CMJ last fall was the presentation of “Mrs. Morris,” the first song from Charles Spearin’s Happiness Project. Spearin, fascinated by the musical qualities of speech,
Read More »Live Music: Cursive @ Music Hall of Williamsburg, 3/9/09
Appearances, as they say, can be deceiving. Looking at Cursive frontman Tim Kasher’s slim stature on stage at the Music Hall of Williamsburg last Monday night, one unfamiliar with his songwriting might have never
Read More »Live Music: Les Savy Fav @ the Mezzanine, 3/1/09
By now, most people who’ve heard (of) Les Savy Fav know their live show is more spectacle than concert. This is due in large part to front-man Tim Harrington, whose no-holds-barred antics could probably
Read More »Lost MP3 of the Week: John Coltrane, “A Love Supreme, Part 1: Acknowledgement”
The first time I heard A Love Supreme, I was on a train coming back from MacArthur Airport in Islip, Long Island. I was in my senior year of college and had just watched
Read More »CD Review: Coconut Records, “Davy”
Too many actors turned “musicians” simply stumble through albums without much creativity or passion, depending on the fame and “talent” society has somewhat widely agreed upon to carry them from success in one outlet
Read More »Lost MP3 of the Week: Des’ree, “Kissing You”
I “fell in love” so many times in high school that it’s hard to know who to classify as the first, but Damon was the first time I fell hard. Really hard. We met
Read More »CD Review: Lily Allen, “It’s Not Me, It’s You”
Lily Allen – It’s Not Me, It’s You (2009, Capitol) purchase this album (Amazon) When you weigh Lily Allen‘s artistic output with how much tabloid-style press she gets, it’s safe to say that her
Read More »CD Review: Steve Martin, “The Crow: New Songs for the Five-String Banjo”
If, upon hearing the news that Steve Martin has a banjo album, you have an image of Martin in overalls and a straw hat displaying a novice’s banjo-picking skills while singing about shit and
Read More »Lost MP3 of the Week: Muddy Waters, “You Can’t Lose What You Ain’t Never Had”
Being an obsessive music hoarder has its drawbacks. The questions of, “How often do I really listen to ______ ?” and all those albums that you really mean to get around to listening to,
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