The Guardian’s Dr. John Briffa deconstructs the health benefits (or lack thereof) in the Gorillaz’ rider. Murdoc’s rider • A magnum of Dom Perignon 98 – love this mixed with orange juice • Rum – Murdoc home-brew special. Must be at room temperature • Malibu x 2 large bottles – beats having to climb coconut […]

[Read more →]

Here are my Top 10 albums of 2010. This year’s list seems decidedly “mainstream” compared to the other lists I’ve seen. Nothing particularly surprising if you’ve been reading Drawer B over the course of 2009. I clearly missed out on a lot of great records this year. Looks like I’ll be spending the beginning of […]

[Read more →]

1. Phoenix, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (Glassnote) What I love most about Phoenix is its unabashed celebration of pop music. There’s no hidden agenda here. Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix is a pure pop record. Catchy hooks, big multi-tracked choruses, retro synths, and an almost primal sense of rhythm make this record an undeniably infectious listen. Perhaps, over-played […]

[Read more →]

When he’s not getting lap-dances, Patrick Wall writes about music with a passion second only to his obsession with making exceptions to his list of exceptions. He is also the Music Editor at Free Times, a contributor to Shuffle Magazine, and a blogger at Weekendsofsound. Knee Meets Jerk: In Which a Beleaguered Music Journalist Attempts […]

[Read more →]

An infrequent contributor, Kevin Foster Langston has a love-hate relationship with listmaking and damn-near everything else. He longs for the time when vampires weren’t such sissies, Black Eyed Peas were merely a side dish and Auto-Tune was nothing but a function on your car radio. He also thinks Meryl Streep is fugly. 1. Dinosaur Jr., […]

[Read more →]

Logan K. Young is a morally ambivalent freelance writer with a penchant for Disney tween superstars and Jews. 1. Phoenix, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (Loyauté/Glassnote) 2. Dirty Projectors, Bitte Orca (Domino) 3. Passion Pit, Manners (Columbia/French Kiss) 4. Nirvana, Live at Reading (Geffen) 5. Sonic Youth, The Eternal (Matador) 6. Washed Out, Life of Leisure (Mexican […]

[Read more →]

Please do yourself a favor and go read the conclusion of The 50 Worst Songs of the 00’s, F2K over at the Village Voice’s blog. I’ve read it several times already today, and I laugh harder each time. It’s a vicious deconstruction of Counting Crows featuring Vanessa Carleton covering Joni Mitchell’s “Big Yellow Taxi.” There’s […]

[Read more →]