“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…
-
-
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…
-
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…
-
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…
-
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…
-
Songs: Ohia – The Ghost
Supposedly this release is limited to 500 copies, but I don’t believe it for a second. I’ve seen Jason Molina live at least a half-dozen times and he always has copies with…
-
Michael Gira – I Am Singing To You From My Room
The songs on this CD were recorded to a DAT machine on Michael Gira’s desk in his office. He used an Audio-Technica stereo microphone and played seventeen songs. “Rose Of Los Angeles”…
-
Bob Dylan vs. AJ Weberman
Here it is folks, one of the scarcest Bob Dylan releases ever. It’s mostly been circulated as a poor-quality bootleg since the late ’70s, but here it is in its original form.…
-
Medicine – Shot Forth Self Living
“The opening of Shot Forth Self Living seems to summarize Medicine’s entire approach to music: a burst of guitar feedback begins and screeches for longer than one would think tolerable — and…
-
Whitehouse – Bird Seed
Much like Nick Garrie record I posted the other day, I was very happy to find a copy of the Whitehouse 12″ single for “Wriggle Like A Fucking Eel” at the WFMU…