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Greatest Un-Hits: Peter Bjorn and John’s “Second Chance” (2011)

Greatest Un-Hits: Peter Bjorn and John’s “Second Chance” (2011)

Brian Boone December 21, 2011 1

Peter Bjorn and John’s “Young Folks” is the most indie rock indie rock song of all time. They’ve got all the checklist items covered: odd band name, maudlin lyrics about youth, catchy hook, sleepy

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Popdose at Kirkus Reviews: For Adults Only

Will Harris August 15, 2011 0

You're not supposed to publicly admit to enjoying adult entertainment, but it's okay to say that you've enjoyed reading books about the process of making it, right

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Here’s Something Else!: Rock Classics That You Don’t Have to Love

Something Else! Reviews February 8, 2011 35

Amidst all the talk of rock music's Seminal Works, Forgotten Gems, and Timeless Standards, there remain a few things that should have been left unsung. And we don't mean unsung in the good way

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CD Review: Cocktail Slippers, “Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre”

Rob Smith June 2, 2009 0

Cocktail Slippers, Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre (2009, Wicked Cool) Purchase this album at Amazon.com Isn’t it funny how quite often the finest practitioners of rock and roll—that most American of art forms—are those whose

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CD Review: Various Artists, “The Coolest Songs in the World! Vol. 8″

Rob Smith March 18, 2009 7

Various Artists – The Coolest Songs in the World! Vol. 8 (2009, Wicked Cool) Purchase this album (Amazon) Let us now praise famous do-rag-wearing guitarist/songwriter/deejay/record execs. Now, unless Clive Davis has a couple side

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Hooks ‘N’ You: Random Reminiscing From the Averett Years

Will Harris September 15, 2008 11

I can say without hesitation that today’s Hooks ‘N’ You was written more quickly and with less forethought in the history of the column, but whether that’s a good thing or a bad thing

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