The movie “Adventureland” is a story of post-graduate hope and fear, blues and romance, as seen through the eyes of a recent college graduate, but I relate to the story more if I think of its hero as a recent high school graduate. This is … Read More →
The new Spoon album, “Transference”, is steaming on npr. It’s a little different, it’s a lot good, it’s out on January 19 from Merge. Check it out here. Waterloo Records will host an appearance by Spoon on January 25, to be held in the parking … Read More →
I’ve had some serious ear ringing lately and there’s been nothing for it — until now. When I listen to “By the Throat” by Ben Frost my head-scrambling tinnitus disappears inside the album’s ominous, ambient drone. It has been described as “dread-inducing music”, but for … Read More →
Just saw the film Crazy Heart, starring Jeff Bridges as Bad Blake, an aging, hard-living country singer/songwriter struggling to still make something of a career, and life, he mostly drank away. Jeff Bridges, looking like a broken-down, washed-up Kris Kristofferson, gives one hell of a … Read More →
Surfer Blood!
Surfer Blood is sure to be one of the next big indie things in 2010 with the album “Astro Coast”, from Kanine Records, kicking some hook-laden, indie rock ass and taking names. Single “Swim (To Reach the End)” gets noted for its “Weezer-esque power pop … Read More →