The Cowboy and his band released their new album last night, with Gambling the Muse and Jeremy Blair opening. It was a lovely night; full photo set is here. This is my favorite track from the record: [Slingshot Cash — “We’ve Come Undone”] It’s about Patti Smith and making art and, well. It’s gorgeous.
Category: opinions about albums
two sentence reviews of new albums i listened to in march
The Low Anthem — Smart Flesh: there was no way that this year’s follow-up to 2009’s stunning Oh My God, Charlie Darwin was going to be anything less than incredible, but Smart Flesh manages to be even more painfully honest and heartbreaking, more complex and intricate musically, and intimate and quiet and huge, than both…
two sentence reviews of new albums i listened to in february
First, unrelated: couple of weeks ago I shot an interview with Oberhofer for Speakers In Code; it’s up now, and you can read it and see my photos here. And now: two sentence reviews of new albums I listened to in February (and a few in January that missed the cut-off for that edition, but…
the baseball project — vol. 2: high and inside
The Baseball Project — Vol. 2: High And Inside. Out 3/1, Yep Roc Records. Sometimes I’m pretty sure that I’m the only person who loved the Baseball Project’s 2009 release Vol. 1: Frozen Ropes & Dying Quails as much as I did; it was in my top 25 for that year. I loved it because…
drive-by truckers — go-go boots
Drive-By Truckers — Go Go Boots. Out 2/15, ATO Records. I am going to get this out of the way first: I do not like this album as much as I liked The Big To-Do; in fact, it isn’t even close. There are tracks I love, and there are things about it that really work…
preview: paleface & mo @ the pour house
People intimately familiar with Paleface’s music are usually familiar with his background: Daniel Johnston discovered him, Beck was his roommate, Danny Fields molded him, and after having a huge influence on the New York City anti-folk movement and two major label releases, Paleface sort of fell away, self-releasing cassettes and albums until Concord’s Ramseur Records, home to weirdos…
two sentence reviews of new albums i listened to in january (mostly non-locals edition)
Modern Skirts — Gramahawk: my favorite electro-indie-pop band from Athens; probably my favorite electro-indie-pop band in general. Starts slow but grows on you; the slink of “American Gothic” and the pop of “Happy 81” make this one an early best of contender and a serious keeper. One of Athens’ most underrated indie rock bands, and Athens…
two sentence reviews of 2010 local releases i listened to in january 2011
Since one of my goals for 2011 is to see more new-to-me local bands, the first Two Sentence Reviews of the year is all local to the Triangle-ish, all the time. (Basically mostly I just trust Ash to point me in the good local directions. And she does, and I listen.) Two Sentence Reviews, Local…
top 25 albums of 2010
Some year I’m going to design an elaborate March Madness style bracket to determine my favorite album, but this was not that year. Instead, I listened to 1134 of 1516 tracks in my 2010 playlist, alphabetical by artist and album, between December 1 and, uh, right now, and I made a list: top 25 albums and the…
top tracks, eps and singles of 2010
Shorter and less obsessed-over (than tomorrow’s epic work of art top albums list) lists of great EPs and 7″s, and tracks I loved in 2010. (I totally made the first list so I could put Frank’s EP and the Graves’ EP on it.) Top EPs and 7″ Releases of 2010 Frank Turner — Rock and…
brand new kind of photography 