The 2010s are off to a good start for musical releases. So far this decade, I’ve had intense love affairs with albums by She & Him, Vampire Weekend, Frightened Rabbit, and Dr. Dog, as well as flings with The Tallest Man On Earth and Broken Bells. And then came The National. Well, not yet actually. [...]
My favorite music site that I’ve found recently is Black Cab Sessions, which has posted dozens of videos of great (and some not-so-great) musicians performing in the backs of London taxis. You’ll find big names like Death Cab for Cutie, The National, Fleet Foxes, some dude named Brian Wilson from some band called The Beach [...]
Here are 15 covers of note from the ol’ Noughties, in no particular order: Flaming Lips – Can’t Get You Out of My Head (Kylie Minogue) – Who knows if this is meant to be as hilarious as it is, but that’s part of what makes this band so good: their humor. It doesn’t match [...]
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This is kinda creepy. I chose The XX‘s “Intro” as my cellphone ringtone when I first got my Droid, months ago. I used some app to crop down exactly the part I wanted, and whenever someone calls me, I hear that awesome song in my pocket. People have been telling me for years that I [...]
I’m gonna take a break from my 15 lists to write about Girls. Despite their un-Google-friendly name and album title, I love this band’s debut, “Album.” Like pretty much everything these days, it’s retro in a way. Don’t let that bother you. I’ve stopped letting it bother me. I think it’s a function of the [...]
