MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!
“This Christmas” is a holiday song released back in 2000 to the special few that made it to Milwaukee’s Miramar Theater for a then-annual concert, “A Very Milky C
REVIEW ROUNDUP: CAKE, CAGE THE ELEPHANT, SOCIAL DISTORTION, THE DIRTY HEADS, AND SICK PUPPIES
It’s been a long while since the last roundup, a feature that takes brief looks at the radio singles on the FM airwaves. Time to start it back up and visit some new old friends.
Review: The dø – Dust It Off (2010)
The past month has seen Top 10 of 2010 lists crop up faster than Gremlins on summer vacation in Wisconsin Dells. The end of the end of the year started in late November, as if ever
PHOTOGRAPHY: DOOMTREE BLOWOUT VI AT FIRST AVENUE (MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA)
Doomtree (Twin Cities)December 10th, 2010First Avenue in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Blowout is an annual end of year celebration that the Doomtree crew throws, which is one of t
VIDEO: BLOOD RED SHOES AT THE BOWERY ELECTRIC
Earlier this fall Katia and I were raving about the Sky Larkin and Blood Red Shoes concert (review). Consider this a follow-up. Our good friends in New York poi
Review: Ute – The Gambler EP (2010)
The percussion in “Innocent Tailor” hits you. Not in the, “Hey, listen to me” kind of way-but in the billy clubbed from behind, struck once again, then dragged away into th
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 o
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 tha