Liza St. James

Street: What brings you to Philadelphia? Had you known anything about Penn? Nappy Roots: I don’t know the college.
April 15, 2009 at 9:27 pm

If San-X (one of the leading manufacturers of cute Japanese merchandise... think Hello Kitty, et al) sponsored a basketball team, their warm-up anthem would be “Basket Ball Get Your Groove Back” from Deerhoof’s new album, Offend Maggie.
October 16, 2008 at 3:04 am

The Dukes of Stratosphear Chips from the Chocolate Fireball 1987 As a break from their somewhat more somber projects, the British new-wave group XTC traveled back in time to pay homage to their musical influences under the pseudonym The Dukes of Stratosphear and produced Chips from the Chocolate Fireball.
April 3, 2008 at 12:00 am

This holiday season's most sophisticated gift for the adventurous music-lover is... the Glass Harmonica.
December 6, 2007 at 12:00 am

If you're one of the few remaining album loyalists, consider Kevin Drew's Spirit If. your most dangerous tempation.
September 20, 2007 at 12:00 am