I’m with Big Stereo, it tugs slightly at the strings of youth, but isn’t quite there. I do like her voice, though.

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Unsurprising, really. Interpol has always seemingly positioned itself as a band that strived to appeal to those who appreciate the finer things. Slick threads, slick shoes, etc. Even though its musical roots adhere to a post-punk thread, its ideals never seemed married to the underground in any real way. 

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Oh, this is maddening. The woman who killed three Chicago musicians, including Silkworm’s Michael Dahlquist, is being released from prison after serving less than half of her eight-year sentence. According to the Chicago Tribune [via Pitchfork], this is how she’s getting off so easy: “Sliwinski’s time in prison was reduced by a sentencing law that […]

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I DVR’d Jimmy Kimmel Live last night hoping to catch Foals, but the preceding show ran over, which, of course, effed my chances. I was less than thrilled as I fast-forwarded through Kimmel’s blathering only to confirm my fear that, indeed, there would be no Foals for me. So, it was with great pleasure I […]

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Good Walkmen interview over at Brooklynvegan. I haven’t had a chance to absorb the band’s latest, You & Me, fully quite yet, but they’re one of my favorite bands. I’m not sure why it took me so long to order the record; I’ve just been slow to buy music this year.  But even with my […]

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This poster by Martin Dominguez charts each instrument second by second in Joy Division’s “Love Will Tear Us Apart.” Man, designers are all over this song lately.

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NYT profile on MBV post-ATP. “Loveless” was difficult and expensive to make. Its songs are filled with emotional turmoil and enveloped in otherworldly sounds that had Mr. Shields recording in studio after studio, perpetually dissatisfied. The album’s cost has been estimated at £250,000, about $458,000, which helped to bankrupt its independent record label, Creation. “It […]

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