Music
Stevie nicks
Before Britney shaved her head and Madonna abused wigs, there was Stevie Nicks and her static sorceress hairstyles.
Panda bear
Animal Collective band member Noah Lennox's (aka Panda Bear) cheery third solo album, Person Pitch, is a far cry from his previous album, Young Prayer.
Rock Academy
A raucous sound will fill the air at the corner of 22nd and Chestnut St. tonight as scores of people line up to see Tokyo Police Club open a sold out show for the Cold War Kids.
YouTube Clip of the week
Any conversation about the changing nature of music in the face of Myspace, YouTube et al.
Jonny Lives!
Jonny Lives! sounds so much like Weezer, a friend passing by who heard this record playing stopped and asked where this new Weezer single could be found.
Youtube Clip of the week
Yoshimi and crew throw away the childish eager-to-please vibe of lead single "UMA," from their latest album, Taiga, with this track, the second single off the album.
Short Music Reviews
rich boy Rich Boy On his new album, Maurice Richards (under the moniker Rich Boy) attempts to establish his hometown of Mobile, Alabama as the new epicenter of Southern Rap hotness.
Podcasts killed the radio star
In the beginning there was Napster. And it was good. But one day the Recording Industry Association of America decided it didn't really appreciate people getting their product for, you know, free.
broken vista social subscene
In Apostle Of Hustle, Broken Social Scene's lead guitarist, Andrew Whiteman, has finally found the perfect outlet to sport his breathy vocals.
Classic case
Somewhere between dark and optimistic, Classic Case's latest album Losing at Life is a moody experiment, exploring the gray area between hard rock/grunge and alternative.
patriarch
Patriarch - of Palestinian blood, born in San Francisco - exists outside of both the floundering hyphy movement and the indie powder-rap scene of the Bay Area.
son volt
Son Volt frontman Jay Farrar, whose pioneering work in Uncle Tupelo in the early 1990's (with Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy) influenced a host of later artists, brushes his canvas with new colors on an impressive new effort, The Search.
blinded by the light
Here is a preamble: The Arcade Fire is by far my favorite band of the 21st century. Their 2004 debut Funeral changed my life, and as a Montrealer, I have watched the band garner international success and their side projects, Final Fantasy and La Bell Orchestre, grow up with them.
Youtube clip of the week
Few artists have gone into hiding with fame on their doorstop like Justin King.
Reviews
Winterpills The Light Divides After the first few tracks off The Light Divides, the Winterpills' new album, you might think you're listening to the Dawson's Creek soundtrack.
Paging Dr. Dog
When they took the stage at Johnny Brenda's last Friday - their first ever sold-out show - the five men of Dr. Dog were appropriately West Philly in appearance.
Crowd's eye view
On Saturday evening, February 17th, a sellout crowd at World Caf‚ Live was treated to an entrancing performance by Chris Thile and his prog bluegrass ensemble, the How To Grow A Band, who are currently touring to support Thile's newest album, How to Grow A Woman from the Ground.
Youtube clip of the week
Few artists have gone into hiding with fame on their doorstop like Justin King.
