“This astonishing release from the Pink Fairies, Pretty Things, and Deviants drummer Twink will be a welcome addition to any psychedelic collection. A legendary figure of the U.K. psychedelic scene, he recorded…
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The Top Ten Things I Am Thankful For This Year
Today is Thanksgiving. Although I consider myself a budding gourmand, I honestly couldn’t care about this holiday for the first twenty-two years of my life. My crippling fear of food (and a…
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Various Artists – The John Peel Sub-Pop Sessions
“Radio show host John Peel is known for his great taste in music and open forum for musicians to showcase their music. This compilation of Sub Pop artists performing songs on his…
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Me As Meteorite Man!
I was watching the History Channel last night, and they were airing a program that focused on meteors and meteorites. They showed footage of a meteorite traveling up the East Coast and…
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Kevin Coyne – Blame It On The Night
“This is the fourth time I’ve reviewed this goddam [sic] record. The first three attempts were successfully discarded on completion as I realised I was being unfair to Mr. Coyne. Less unfair…
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Early Lines – Hate The Living Love The Dead
Early Lines are a punk rock band from Plano, Texas. Plano is known nationally for a string of suicides amongst high school students in the mid-’80s, and a city-wide surge in heroin…
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Sunday Mix Tape – Number 120
Welcome to the end of the weekend. I don’t have anything to write about, so instead I’ll show you a very quick video. A couple years ago I showed up at a…
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Mono @ First Unitarian Church; Philadelphia PA (09/17/2004)
Here’s a review of the show I wrote for a college paper and online ‘zine in 2004. Enjoy! I think I dated the MP3s wrong, they’re supposed to be the 17th of…
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Top Ten Pizzas In Los Angeles
It happened last night. I decided once and for all that I was going to eat a Casa Bianca pizza, because the recommendation I received was prefaced with the proverbial “best in…
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Tortoise – Rhythms, Resolutions & Clusters
Rhythms, Resolutions & Clusters consists entirely of remixed (and retitled) versions of songs from the band’s self-titled first album. Some of the remixes were performed by band members, others by friends of…