The Libertines: Up the Bracket
In "I Get Along," a song from The Libertines' Up the Bracket, the lead vocalist spits out a drunken "fuck 'em." And then other stuff happens. From 2003.
View ArticleOblio: Principle of Discovery
Benjamin Wills revives an old Italo-disco album, Principle of Discovery by Oblio, and talks us through the finer points.
View ArticleThe “Raga/Folk/Drone Axis” of Ilyas Ahmed
Tom DeBeauchamp reverse-engineers the narratives of Ilyas Ahmed's first two avant-folk masterpieces. Smalldoggies Magazine albums in review.
View ArticleLittle Wings Album Release with White Rainbow and Michael Hurley
Little Wings' Black Grass album release tour kicks off in Portland with disparate acts White Rainbow and Michael Hurley. Check out a review of the show here.
View ArticleGold Panda with Dam Mantle, Graintable
Dudes with laptops never had it so good. Ben Wills reviews a live performance by Gold Panda, Dam Mantle and Graintable at Rotture in Portland, OR.
View ArticleBurial: Street Halo
You're in the back of a van with your hands bound and a hood pulled over your head. Light slips in, muted through the rough weave, leaving impressions of..
View ArticleTwin-Peaks-Black-Metal, Mount Eerie’s New Native Genre
Tom De Beauchamp reminds you that Phil Elverum reminded you (two years ago!) of the natural world's warm and haunting vigor. Mount Eerie, Wind's Poem in review.
View ArticleClearlake: Cedars
Clearlake's Cedars, opens with a sweet, chugging guitar-driven number ("Almost the Same") that conjures up visions of Duckie from Pretty in Pink. From 2003.
View ArticleBill Callahan: Apocalypse
It's no rock opera, no concept album. But each track gives the impression of a story, a feeling, and each subsequent track feels like an extension or modulation on that feeling.
View ArticleThe Maxines: Drugstore EP
The Maxines Drugstore EP will remind you why baby-you had a crush on rock 'n' roll in the first place.
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