October 27, 2008• Concert Reviews, Music
The first half of the last day of CMJ was something of a random draw, with there only being one band I was determined to see that day...
The third day of CMJ began at Fontana’s, with Austin, TX folk duo the Lovely Sparrows. This is one of the shows I was looking forward...
By day four, this CMJ hound needed a bit of a rest – which, in CMJ terms, means I went to one show instead of five. Truthfully, the...
October 24, 2008• Concert Reviews, Music
Remember how day one of CMJ was all about the blogs? Well, day two was also sort of all about the blogs, or at least one in particular,...
The first day of CMJ (or the College Music Journal’s Music Marathon, should you prefer to be proper) this year was all about blog...
October 17, 2008• Concert Reviews, Music
There are some bands whose godlike characteristics fade a bit in a live setting. Merely seeing that they’re human is enough. They...
October 16, 2008• Concert Reviews, Music
In their recordings, the Notwist might give off the impression of being a sleepy little electro-pop band, but don’t let that twist...
October 15, 2008• Listening Booth, Music
Steadily making its way around the Internet, the Chunk of Change EP by Massachusetts’ Passion Pit started out as a Valentine’s...
October 14, 2008• Lost MP3 of the Week, Music
John Fahey has been recommended to me enough times that I’ve lost count, and has been cited as an influence by a decent chunk of the...
October 13, 2008• Concert Reviews, Music
Beck could have been a more engaging performer at Wednesday’s United Palace show, but what he lacked in personality on stage, he made...
October 7, 2008• Concert Reviews, Music
It’s easy enough to say that live performance is the true test of a band. But there’s something that goes beyond that. Will a...
September 2, 2008• Meta, Music, Song-Off
M83 – “Teen Angst” Placebo – “Teenage Angst” Zack: It’s hard to argue that there’s anybody...
August 25, 2008• Lost MP3 of the Week, Music
It’s horribly cliche, but over the past couple summers, the moment the temperatures move towards 80 degrees, I reach for my Doors...
August 13, 2008• Listening Booth, Music
A couple weeks ago, a friend and I went to see Jarvis Cocker play at the Music Hall of Williamsburg. The opener was Kuroma, a name that...
August 11, 2008• Lost MP3 of the Week, Music
During the spring of my junior year of college, I listened to Huey Lewis nonstop. One day, while working on the campus newspaper, I was...
August 5, 2008• Concert Reviews, Music
The first time I saw Wolf Parade, they were opening a secret Modest Mouse show at Webster Hall in 2004. I knew nothing about them, but they...
August 4, 2008• Lost MP3 of the Week, Popdose
In 2004, I managed to land an internship at the Grammys. More specifically, the Seattle branch of the National Academy of Recording Arts...
July 30, 2008• DVD Reviews, Music
After watching the first 10 minutes, the most surprising thing about Shine a Light, Martin Scorsese’s concert documentary about the...
July 18, 2008• Concert Reviews, Music
In New York, baseball is akin to religion. To many New Yorkers, Billy Joel is, too. So it was no surprise when it was announced that Joel...
July 17, 2008• Concert Reviews, Music, Popdose
When the Fleet Foxes performed at Bowery Ballroom last week, frontman Robin Pecknold had a cold. But unlike a downtrodden, silent Frank...
July 16, 2008• Listening Booth, Music
Stylistically, Love as Laughter have jumped around a fair amount over 14 years of existence. Holy, the sixth release from frontman and...
Looking at the six years between The Devil, You + Me, the newest release from the Notwist, and Neon Golden, the release that threw them...
July 9, 2008• Listening Booth, Music
When one thinks of survival, it conjures up images of barren islands, a lack of vital resources or, thanks to modern times, television...
The word together implies the combination of parts — and the third full-length from Philadelphia’s Pattern Is Movement, All...
July 7, 2008• Lost MP3 of the Week, Music, Popdose
Nearly two years ago now, I posted a short list of songs that reminded me of my post-college trip to Europe & Asia. One of those songs,...
July 4, 2008• Lost MP3 of the Week, Music, Popdose
Fourth of July is, without a doubt, my favorite holiday. Firstly, because it’s not religiously affiliated. Secondly, because it...
July 2, 2008• Listening Booth, Music, Popdose
Their fifth studio album finds My Morning Jacket attempting to fulfill their urge to not be evilly defined solely by one genre....
July 2, 2008• Listening Booth, Music
For equitable purposes, it’s probably best to mentally separate Wolf Parade from their debut, Apologies to the Queen Mary. Not...
June 25, 2008• Listening Booth, Music
Comprised of material from their earliest singles, everything from Wooden Shjips’ Volume 1 was actually written before the material...
Death Cab for Cutie isn’t the only band who threw fans off with an unusual single this year. Go ahead and add Sigur Ros to that list....
