The Music Geek Track of the Week: “Afternoon”
The bedroom-auteur is a restive soul whose work is often enigmatic and hyperintroverted — or so the indie trope goes, anyway. But too frequently, their work is so cryptic that… moreThe Music Geek Track of the Week: “Radio Free Europe”
Do you enjoy indie music? Thank R.E.M. Simply stated: R.E.M. was the college radio band before college radio was really even a thing. For the next… moreVideo Game and Music Nerds Unite!
One of the first promo trailers to surface for EA Sports’ Fifa Soccer 12 features a mashup of Battles’ single “Ice Cream” from their latest LP, Gloss Drop. Interesting choice,… moreThe Music Geek Track of the Week: “Weekend”
I’d like to dedicate this track to Labor Day for curtailing the five day wait until the next weekend to a very tolerable four. An overt but welcome paean… more
St. Vincent and Neon Indian Don’t Celebrate Labor Day, Too Busy Working
God, Mondays are the worst…. unless you’re on vacation because of LABOR DAY! Woo! But if an additional day off from soul-squandering work isn’t good enough, NPR has… moreThe Music Geek Track of the Week: “For Love I Come”
At what point in its history did music cease to be a meritocracy in favor of a hype-incepted, corporate-propagated popularity contest? The beginning of time? The Internet? Kings of Leon?… moreThe Music Geek Track of the Week: “Forever 28”
[Runs in from another room] GUYS! Guys!. Guys… Woah. Mirror Traffic, the new Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks album, comes out next Tuesday, and it’s really fucking good. Although… moreMicrophone Check 1, 2, What Is This!?
…The five-foot assassin with the roughneck business! Last weekend I saw Michael Rappaport’s A Tribe Called Quest documentary, Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest,… more
