Ben W. | November 10, 2009
The opening music for “Doctor Who” is classic and iconic and wonderful and my favorite TV show theme ever.
What’s even better than the music?
The story behind how it came to be.
Amanda Lee | November 10, 2009
One of the most influential people I’ve ever met gave me this album during the time of my life that was undoubtedly the saddest, and it stuck with me and became the soundtrack to the happiest.
Ben W. | November 9, 2009
So here is the new Strokes — I mean Julian Casablancas — single. Thanks for waiting.
Remember back in 2001 when Is This It felt like the beginning of something special? The first glimpse of what would go down as one of rock’s classic bands?
Little did we know that eight years on, the mastermind behind the [...]
Ben W. | November 8, 2009
Eric O’Bryant is in Morocco, helping to save the environment with the Peace Corps. Yet he still made time to give us his comments on the new Julian Casablancas album. What a guy!
I dig The Strokes and have since their beginning times. While my liking for their music has waned a tad in the recent [...]
Amanda Lee | November 6, 2009
I’ve been trying to drink more water and less caffeine lately; coffee is a fickle, insecure mistress who, if you don’t call for a few hours, will give you more headaches than she’s worth. But as long as I’m churning out a handful of blog posts a day, knitting all manner of pretty warm things [...]
Ben W. | November 6, 2009
Three of England’s biggest producers of electro-dance-pop released new albums this fall — Basement Jaxx, Calvin Harris and Simian Mobile Disco.
I tried to dance to all of it. But my legs got tired. And I didn’t want to go out like Strasbourg 1518.
So I made a different plan. To make some sense of it, I [...]
Amanda Lee | November 5, 2009
Ducktails’ Landscapes is an amazing album of atmospheric post-rock. Since I got this album, it’s been on rotation nonstop—perfect for working hard, making out, driving, and letting your mind go.
Ben W. | November 3, 2009
Happy Election Day! We’re better off this year than last, aren’t we? Right? Well, aren’t we?
A borderline psychotic explosion of opinion.
