Fri, January 27, 2012

Top 5 Music Things This Week: Summer Fests Suck, Pitchfork Monopoly, Haunted Folk and More

Posted 1 year, 6 months ago

1. Summer fests are terrible. Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza and Pitchfork Fest are hot and full of people.  If you know my sweaty, misanthropic ass, you know those are two things I despise.  And while all three of those fests do have pretty impressive lineups, I just can’t imagine being stuck…

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Top Five Music Things This Week: Neil Young, Woods, Neutral Milk Hotel With Ukuleles and More

Posted 1 year, 8 months ago

1. The question isn’t if Woods have put out the best album of the summer, it’s whether At Echo Lake is the best album to bubble up out of the Brooklyn underground this year.  It’s really hard to say, and to be honest, I shouldn’t even make a statement like that — it’s barely June!

2009′s…

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Getting Older and Buying the Remastered Version of Exile on Main St.

Posted 1 year, 8 months ago

I’m turning thirty in a few months.  To some, this would mean I’m officially getting old, but as someone who has no fear of aging, I don’t think I’m nearing the whole “burn out/fade away” scenario that turns many music fans jaded and incurious.  I buy into the Aaliyah (R.I.P.) school…

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