I’m not sure what to make of The Antlers (technically, Peter Silberman). They cover Magnetic Fields, Yo La Tengo, Broadcast and My Bloody Valentine, which takes massive cojones and at the same time kind of endears them to me, particularly in the way that they make those songs their own, reminding me a bit of […]

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I know, I know, everybody was blogging about Fever Ray last week. I meant to post something but forgot. Fortunately, today’s marketing email from Mute reminded me that Fever Ray’s self-titled debut CD/LP is released on Mute on March 24, 2009. It is available for digital download January 13, 2009. (That’s tomorrow!) Stereogum has a […]

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Almost a year ago, after reading about Dent May on Kitsune Noir, I somehow came to possess a handful of tracks (Apparently entitled the “Brush With Velvet EP”) from Dent May and quite quickly “Meet Me in the Garden” came to be “that song.” You know, “That Song,” the one that plays on shuffle on […]

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Franz Ferdinand’s follow-up to the whirlwind success of its fey interpretation of Gang of Four didn’t exactly cash in on the momentum very effectively. The pomp and ego took precedent over the actual tunes, diverting the band’s return to the dreaded sophomore-slump bins. In the three years hence, the band has built a fair amount […]

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Duran Duran’s Rio has undergone the “making of” treatment via the Classic Albums DVD series. In it the band looks back at how it happened that their second record catapulted them to international superstardom. Bassist John Taylor attributes the success to keeping things simple. Well, that and those videos, of course. Says Taylor: “It’s probably […]

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And I thought I was puzzled by the new Guns N’ Roses song: Elizabeth Day over at the Guardian says that while listening to the new single by Axl’s thinly veiled GNR tribute ensemble she is "struck by its uncanny resemblance to the Crocodile Dundee soundtrack" (hahahaha, what?), concluding that "it’s the musical equivalent of […]

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Well, if you subscribe to Devo’s own name-branded theory about man’s de-evolution, then new music by Devo is terrible by definition. But if you suspend your disbelief and take Devo’s proselytizing with a grain of salt, you might be able to appreciate the band’s first new vinyl release in decades. You may have already heard […]

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