REVIEW: JONNY CORNDAWG – I’M NOT READY TO BE A DADDY (2010)
There are a few indicators that something awesome is in store for you when you discover Nashville-by-way-of-Brooklyn country musician Jonny Corndawg. First off, there’s his name. With a moniker like Jonny Corndawg, you’ve got to be a pretty awesome fella. Second off, were you to read Cornda
Interview: Sky Larkin
Leeds’ trio of Nestor, Katie and Doug have formed one of the top indie pop trios a few years back, breaking in with their stellar The Golden Spike prior to 2010’s follow-up, Kaleide. Most recently, their Year Dot EP came out, featuring a jittery, key-driven melody punctuated with “one pil
Review: Kid Cudi – Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager (2010)
[Note: Come back later today for the other half of the Cudi vs. Kanye album review duel to see who’s rated higher.] The holiday season is upon us, and aside from the influx of Black Friday advertisements, speculations, and unpopular gift trepidations, this time of year always gives us more hyp
Review: Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010)
If Kid Cudi is Goya (see the prior review), who’s Kanye? Can he even be encapsulated and compared? Monday was more a pre-emptive strike on music than any before, threatening to upend Top 10s of 2010 lists coast to coast. Yet what is My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fant
Review: Timber Timbre – Timber Timbre (2009)
It’s interesting to review an album that you’ve spent more than a year living closely with. Usually, I end up familiarizing myself with the songs I’m waxing poetic about while I’m writing about the source material, be the album a new release or an older disc I simply hadn’t devoted the tim
Review: Archie Powell & The Exports – Skip Work (2010)
I was well into a bottle of Yellowtail Riesling on Monday, August 28th. I had intercepted a tweet from John Brunner about a show atSchuba’s Tavern. “$6 showcase, 3 bands..”. I don’t know if it was the wine, or my love for local musicians, but I tossed on a top and hopped on my bicycle.
Interview: Anoraak
The longest distance collaboration yet with Mezzic (alas, not as famous as Give Up) brings Singapore’s own Cindy into the mix, relaying her questions to France’s Anoraak. Enjoy the interview after a quick note on Anoraak. Anoraak, aka Frederic Riviere and part of the Valerie collective, a
Review: Azure Ray – Drawing Down The Moon (2010)
I remember when I first heard Azure Ray. I don’t remember where I was or what I was doing but I do remember that I was a senior in high school (Which leads me to believe that “where I was” was my friend’s house and “what I was doing” was procrastinating on science homework) and the
Review: Johnny Foreigner – You Thought You Saw a Shooting Star But Yr Eyes Were Blurred With Tears and That Lighthouse Can Be Pretty Deceiving With the Sky So Clear and Sea So Calm (2010)
Frankly, I don’t know what compelled me to do this EP more; the fact that Johnny Foreigner is the sole reason I would ever go to Birmingham (my Birmingham friends, I’m exaggerating), or the fact that the EP title is so long I fear Twitter, WordPress, or any other method of publishing a