 Du-Uh-Ohs: Bring Back the Bass Players!By
Dryw Keltz
The indie rock scene is inundated with duos these days, and unfortunately, most of them would be better off adding another member or two. What do they have against bass players?  eMusic: “The No.1 Site for Independent Music” Loses Its IndependenceBy
Dryw Keltz
To me eMusic always seemed like the digital music store for the underdogs. It was the online equivalent of your local hole in the wall record shop. The place where you’d find bins overflowing with obscure punk CD’s and out of print LP’s. Visiting eMusic now seems a bit too much like browsing the racks at the local Best Buy or Wal-Mart.  Boxed Setbacks: Why Most Current Reissues Seem Less About the Music and More About Your WalletBy
Dryw Keltz
One of the interesting trends in the record industry has been the flooding of box-sets and “deluxe” and “special edition” CD’s into the retail market.  The Lost Art of the EPBy
Dryw Keltz
When indie rock gods like the Breeders and Superchunk toss a pair of cool EPs like this on your lap it makes you wonder why more bands don’t follow suit.  American Psycho: Bale’s Loose Lips Meets Looped BeatsBy
Douglas Newman
DJ RevoLucian took Christian Bale’s psychotic freak-out and turned it into the web smash. And while he’s not the first person to mix spoken word clips with music, he’s certainly not the last. In fact, I think we have a new genre of music.  An Open Letter To David Berman on His Evil Father & the Break-Up of Silver JewsBy
Dryw Keltz
An individual unfortunately reported to actually be David Berman recently posted on the official Silver Jews message board that the band was finished. Screenwriting and muckraking were cited as potential future endeavors, music was not.  The End of Selling OutBy
Brian Castleberry
In last Sunday’s New York Times, music critic Jon Pareles came to the conclusion that very soon, advertising and marketing campaigns will become the central end-point and inspiration for our popular music. It’s a compelling argument, and I’m afraid I might agree with him — to a point.  Walking a Mile With Another Man’s iPodBy
James Brownsell
I like borrowing other people’s personal stereos. You get a most intimate insight into the musical emotions that someone else has chosen to immerse themselves in – and through this, you can garner a more complete understanding of that person. |
Buffers, Bridges & Bubbles
Love is Strange
The Birds, the Bees & Me
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