Why the hell is this still happening? Why, after nearly a decade of structural decay and paradigm shifts, I’m sitting behind my laptop writing about KaZaA? I’ve never shied away from discussing the lopsided copyright laws that the RIAA and other major labels have used...
Ages ago, there was a wonderful event that took place at Café Gutenberg entitled A Light in the Attic. This idea was spawned from the mind of Adam Thompson. His eclectic musical outfit, The OK Bird, acted as the house band while guests from around the country were...
Writing about Sonic Youth’s recent live shows can be a Sisyphean task for longtime fans. On one end of the spectrum, there’s the grumpy part of me that wants to stress just how disjointed the sound is at the National and how few, err… hits were played at last night’s...
We all cope with the news differently. Maybe things have ended and you can say, “Bye!” Or maybe you weren’t that into them either, but they had the guts to stop it and you didn’t. We all cope with the news differently. Maybe things have ended and you can say, “Bye!”...
Magik Markers Balf Quarry Drag City People really hate this band. The first time I saw them back in ’04 they were smashing bottles, threatening the audience, and frontwoman Elisa Ambrogio was abusing her guitar with everything but her hands. The band’s last record,...