“Lakeside” by BLK JKS
from After Robots
September 2009
I don’t know a lot about this South African capital-R Rock Band called BLK JKS. I’m hearing a lot of really interesting ingredients in this music, but they can get lost under the sheen of...
“Woodfriend” by
Miles
Benjamin
Anthony
Robinson
from Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson
June 2008
In this day & age, can there still possibly be anything of interest to be wrung out of the whole singer/songwriter schtick? Why, yes, it turns out...
“Women’s Studies Victim”
by Of Montreal
from Skeletal Lamping
October 2008
& then maybe we can use a little comic relief, yeah?
Ok so, wow, where the hell was I while this band called Of Montreal was putting out an album almost every year since...
“Two” by the Antlers
from Hospice
August 2009
I don’t actually know much about this band.
The album is an extended narrative about taking care of a loved one with a terminal illness. It’s really very good but, you know, not so uplifting. ...
“Tape Song” by the Kills
from Midnight Boom
March 2008
Time ain’t gonna cure you honey
Time don’t give a shit
Time ain’t gonna cure you honey
Time’s just gonna hit
On you, you got to Go straight ahead…
If you don’t like this, you...
