It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, or maybe a soup kitchen
Berlin, 1928. Stanley Crawford (Colin Firth) is a renowned magician working under the guise of Wei Ling Soo. He marvels audiences by making elephants vanish on stage, cutting women in…
As it stands, the R.E.M. nostalgia/reissues campaign hasn’t slowed a bit, although this is definitely one for the completist/hardcore fan – and I should preface this by saying I certainly…
Nothing says “I love you” quite like pickled cabbage
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There’s no shortage of scrape the vaults, lost demos saturated, resist the urge overkill, 10-pound, 20-disc, collector’s edition reissues designed to take the hardcore fan by the ankles to shake…
Clean, neat and warm sounds fill this latest release from Boston’s The Grownup Noise. A full mix of acoustic guitars, piano, violin are part of the mix that color The…
Not all holiday music compilations are created equal
In which Jeff’s selfless efforts to help Jason find a gift for his wife continue to be met with heartless disdain
The Invisible Hand and more confront theatregoers Off Broadway.
An 11-year-old, a copy of GarageBand, and thee
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Austin, Texas resident and powerhouse singer Delaney Gibson delivers this lush, grand, well-produced album of eleven songs. Tall Like The Tree is the third release from this talent and it…
The search for a Christmas gift for Jason’s wife produces a foul hurricane of Mellowmas misery
“I like the part where it speeds up for no apparent reason.”
As synonymous with the New York every-man music scene as a protagonist in a Billy Joel Song, Dan Greenwald’s Workers have been a mainstay on the local scene for over…
What makes this book so interesting is, for a start, I have little-to-no great knowledge about the ’60’s folk-rock revolution aside from love for bands like The Lovin’ Spoonful, The…
No Mellowmas could be complete without the sound of joybells ringing
Sometimes when an artist is nondiscriminatory with his or her influences, the result is unfocused, muddy, and downright confusing. Many feel compelled to use a whole spice rack of ingredients…
Sabina Maselli’s spirited avant-film experimentation is the perfect introduction to TÄ“tÄ“ma, the Anthony Pateras/Mike Patton duo debuting tomorrow on Ipecac. Both, it should be noted, are mind-blowing. Filmed in digital,…
It’s already three years since Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe officially announced the end of R.E.M. as a band (after a 30-year run as a recording unit and…
You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the Mellowmas blows
A day of sloppy design, false advertising, and patented headwear
With ”A Charlie Brown Christmas” having already made its first appearance of the season, and ABC Family’s ”25 Days of Christmas” well underway, we’re into TV holiday special territory once…
In which we marvel at what still passes for “cute” during the holidays
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