While the sound of Ben Gibbard’s nasally, nerdy voice can grate on one’s nerves in high doses, I still appreciate the fact that it’s not Auto-Tuned to death. Gibbard and his Death Cab for Cutie bandmates are taking a public stance against Auto-Tune, which corrects vocal pitch problems for most major label singers. The band […]

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It’s not that I don’t get Bruce Springsteen; I do. It’s just that his schtick doesn’t appeal to me in the least. I was a kid when he took over the charts with Born in the USA, so he was just another superstar next to Michael Jackson and Madonna and Prince, though I didn’t understand […]

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In what must surely be some sort of mid-life crisis or misguided grasp at the cover of a tabloid, Morrissey and his bandmates bare (almost) all. WTF was he thinking? Who green lights this sort of trainwreck? I love Moz as much as the next fan, but if he had asked me about this idea, […]

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Creation records head Alan McGee compares Animal Collective to Hall & Oates in an editorial for The Guardian. Hilarious, except for the fact that he actually enjoys Animal Collective, whereas I tend to think that the comparison gives Animal Collective far too much credit. The best part of the piece is how it explains Hall […]

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As we noted earlier this week, Pavement might reunite. I’m kind of meh on the news. Pavement is not exactly at the top of my drop-everything-and-run list for reunion pipe-dreams. I was a ho-hum Pavement fan in college, saw them live a few times, and enjoyed a select few of its records. I understand that […]

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I recently received a bit of press in my inbox with the following lead-in: “If you LIKE Animal Collective, you will LOVE Francois Virot.” Well, then I guess I will detest Francois Virot. Email deleted. Like Wilco and The Flaming Lips, there are just certain bands I have an illogical, knee-jerk reaction to. I am […]

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My friend Robert over at The Daily Sabbatical has posted a self-proclaimed rant against paying for digital music. He makes some very good points: “When you buy a CD, you have an asset that retains some value. You can sell it when you are hard up for cash or when you simply want different music. […]

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