Listening Booth: Aimee Mann, “@#%&*! Smilers”

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Listening Booth: Sia, “Some People Have Real Problems”

Ted Asregadoo July 23, 2008 7

It was either Soren Kierkegaard or Wayne Campbell from Wayne’s World who said: “Once you label me, you negate me.” And so it goes with Sia – whose latest release, Some People Have Real

Listening Booth: Andrew Ripp, “Fifty Miles to Chicago”

Jeff Giles July 22, 2008 3

Andrew Ripp – Fifty Miles to Chicago (2008) purchase this album (Amazon) Name an album Fifty Miles to Chicago — or pose for a cover shot while you’re walking in the desert in a

Listening Booth: Brandon Schott, “Golden State”

Jeff Giles July 21, 2008 6

Brandon Schott – Golden State (2007) purchase this album (Amazon) Brandon Schott is a patient man. As those of you who read Jefitoblog might recall, I assembled a “staff” of writers at one point,

Listening Booth: Love as Laughter, “Holy”

Taylor Long July 16, 2008 4

Stylistically, Love as Laughter have jumped around a fair amount over 14 years of existence. Holy, the sixth release from frontman and founding member Sam Jayne (who seems to be the only consistent name

Listening Booth: The Notwist, “The Devil, You + Me”

Taylor Long July 16, 2008 0

Looking at the six years between The Devil, You + Me, the newest release from the Notwist, and Neon Golden, the release that threw them into American ears, leaves a deceiving impression. Markus Acher

Listening Booth: Alejandro Escovedo, “Real Animal”

Ken Shane July 16, 2008 7

We’ve been hearing the “rock is dead” pronouncements for so many years now that we don’t even listen anymore. “It is what it is,” we blithely proclaim, pretending not to care. But if you’re

Listening Booth: Artist of the Year, “Big Night”

Mojo Flucke July 16, 2008 0

Here’s the deal: Every once in a while one stumbles upon a group or whatever that just knocks you on your butt and you gotta broadcast your discovery to the world. Last night I

Listening Booth: Joan as Police Woman, “To Survive”

Taylor Long July 9, 2008 0

When one thinks of survival, it conjures up images of barren islands, a lack of vital resources or, thanks to modern times, television shows where people are purposefully cast into harmful situations for the

Listening Booth: Pattern Is Movement, “All Together”

Taylor Long July 9, 2008 0

The word together implies the combination of parts — and the third full-length from Philadelphia’s Pattern Is Movement, All Together, perfectly represents that which its title suggests. There are many pieces in play here,