Album Review: Fuck Work by The Unemployed Misfortune
For me, one of the only surprises nicer than a fresh good album by a band I didn’t know existed is to discover that the songwriting, performing, production, and even the kick-ass cover art is …
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Steal Stuff From Work: An Interview with Author Jasper Pierce
Once in a while, a book comes along that makes a real impression that lasts long after you put it down. Steal Stuff From Work, new from Jasper Pierce on Spineless Books, is a great …
Pollard, No Matter the Surroundings, Continues to Rock
Last Thursday night at the Highdive, Robert Pollard and his new band, Boston Spaceships (“don’t call us ‘THE Boston Spaceships’, even though I sometimes do,” he requested from the stage) blasted through more than two …
Album Review: Coco Coca – Black, Black, Black
Danny, the one and only member of Coco Coca, should have named his new album “Space Country”, the eighth track off of Black, Black, Black. I can’t think of any other music I would prefer …
How We Helped Write Rock History: Way to Normal by Ben Folds
Cristy: In spring 2007, we saw Ben Folds at ISU’s Braden Auditorium. Midway through, he announced a new song that he’d written on the way to Normal from St. Louis—a tribute to a little town …
Album Review: Of Montreal- Skeletal Lamping
The crowd throbs and vibrates with Kevin Barnes’ tightly packaged package. One shining beam of glitter on my right is dry humping my leg, and the person to my left’s nylon wing is obscuring my …
Album Review: Post Historic- Memory Banks of Blue
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Girls Next Door, Sunset Stallion: Canopy Club, Sept. 19 2008
I have been to a few Sunset Stallion shows in the past few months since they formed, and although the first and second may have had a few little kinks in the set, they quickly …
Monotonix Steal the Headlines During Pygmalion ’08
A pair of Smile Politely music critics were in attendance for the Dan Deacon, Dark Meat, Monotonix (pictured above) billing at the Canopy Club this past Thursday night. Here they share their thoughts on a …
Happily Exiled on Main Street
When I got to Exile on Main Street for the Pygmalion Music Festival showcase this past Saturday, there was pizza, pop and a few local music celebrities scattered across the store (wearing the same shirt …