May 2012
9 posts
Amen! (D'Angelo's Back) →
Just spent my lunch hour reading this. So good.
"It was common for listeners to call in and... →
Eric Harvey goes deep on The Quiet Storm as an aesthetic and apolitical (yet inversely political) force.
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Absolutely gorgeous shots taken at last night's... →
Articles: Collecting History: John Peel, J Dilla,... →
The act of archiving an extensive record collection, whether it’s one’s own personal set or that of a legend, is founded on the idea that space exists to hold time. A 12” LP record or a 7” single is a delivery mechanism for particular durations of music. Store a bunch of these in the same space, and there are days, possibly months, of music, neatly filed (digitally, of course, this can be...
April 2012
2 posts
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Download a new mix for Springtime I made last...
Jack White Is the Coolest, Weirdest, Savviest Rock... →
March 2012
1 post
February 2012
8 posts
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A blurb on the great Atlanta band Lyonnais for... →
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On the hardcore band Worker and, well, why my... →
Jon Hamm Interview - Jon Hamm on Mad Men - Esquire →
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William Bowers' Hunter S. Thompson-esque Journal... →
“My poor adopted state takes so much guff. Some people cling to an ‘idea of Florida,’ that our sidewalks are split between befuddled senior citizens and topless Spring Breakers, that we all wake in the morn, do body shots off each other, feed a tourist to our pet alligators, swing by the painkiller clinic to pick up our groceries, and then ride the public airboat system to our...
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January 2012
7 posts
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Favorites (No Order): 2011
Dustin O’Halloran — Lumiere
Holy Other — With U
James Blake — S/T
Deaf Center — Owl Splinters
Bon Iver — S/T
Radiohead — The King of Limbs
Nils Frahm — Felt
Atlas Sound — Parallax
Panda Bear — Tomboy
The Caretaker — An Empty Bliss Upon This World
Clams Casino — Rainforest
Hammock — Longest Year (Late-2010)
Explosions in the Sky — Take Care, Take Care,...
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“Indeed, if there’s any movement in music that the Internet and social-media era...”
– Carl Wilson, in “Retromania: A Roundtable” (via barthel)
December 2011
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October 2011
1 post
September 2011
1 post
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On The Rapture in The Atlantic →
August 2011
5 posts
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'Rumspringa'
On Canon Blue’s excellent new album, Rumspringa, for the Cream.
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A Winged Victory For The Sullen
A few words on the new project from Dustin O’Halloran and Adam Wiltzie for MAGNET.
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Stirrings From Sigur Ros
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A Guide to the Illuminati References in Kanye West... →
perpetua:
Jessica Misener unpacks and decodes one of the best songs on Watch the Throne, which just happens to have loads of lines that support the popular notion that Jay-Z is a member of the Illuminati.
Cool to see a very deserving writer get a couple nods from some big names in music criticism.
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"Wages of Sin"
On Damien Jurado and Rosie Thomas’ cover of Springsteen’s “Wages of Sin” for MAGNET.
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July 2011
12 posts
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The Loudness Wars: Is Music's Noisy Arms Race... →
barthel:
This is the piece I’ve been working on the last couple weeks. It’s assessing the state of the loudness war in 2011 and concludes that artists are starting to push back. I got to interview two of my favorite mastering engineers (I know!) as well as Derek from Sleigh Bells, who talks a little about the direction of the new album, if that’s the kind of thing you’re interested in.
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On Bon Iver for the Nashville Scene →
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Kinfolk →
On his blog, my friend Michael Muller talks about the just launched, aesthetically disarming Kinfolk — “a guide for small gatherings.”
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Did Pitchfork Kill the Rock Critic? →
Newcity’s Alex Baumgardner asks a good question: By spending more time cultivating its brand than its place as a critical institution, is P4K killing the potency of the provocative byline?
But whether it will ever start to show any real atavistic traits and begin pulling the best bits from the publications that went before it remains to be seen. An ever-expanding brand like...
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Critics' Pick: Toro Y Moi →
On Mr. Bundick’s aural re-imagining of the South for the Scene.
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A Tour of Germantown with Nashville Architect Nick...
Here’s the best thing I’ve read all morning, courtesy of the fine folks over at Imogene+Willie.
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Critics' Pick: Cass McCombs + Lower Dens
On loneliness, Cass McCombs and Lower Dens for the Scene.
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June 2011
8 posts
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R. Stevie Moore / X
On the D.I.Y. legend R. Stevie Moore for the Scene and Yacht’s cover of X’s “Nausea” for MAGNET.
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On Junior Boys
Unfortunately, I won’t be in attendance for Junior Boys’ Nashville appearance tomorrow evening, but I love the band so much that I Picked them in this week’s Scene anyway. These guys are seriously so good live — don’t miss this if you’re in town. Here’s my Pick:
“When most people ascribe the phrase “thinking man’s music” to a genre, they’re likely...