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 [...]
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?
Ben W. | October 30, 2009
This era of Dancehall — the glorious early 90s hip hop revolution in Jamaica — was not just for the rude boys.
Enter Dorothy Smith aka Patra.
Ben W. | October 29, 2009
Today’s 12:12 Tuner shares its title with a song by The Eagles. The similarities end there.
Ben W. | October 28, 2009
We’d be remiss if we hyped Dancehall music of the early 90s all week and didn’t include this one.
Ben W. | October 27, 2009
OK, so the Born Jamericans were not as hard and violent as many of their dancehall contemporaries. But please do not think it’s time to go comparing them to Snow or anything.
Ben W. | October 26, 2009
“I’m Super like my man Cat, cuz I keep my styles jam-packed.” — Redman, “Green Island,” 1994.
Amanda Lee | October 23, 2009
When you study literary theory, you learn a lot about ambiguity and why it works. Where Silver Jews songwriter David Berman shines is in the artful composition of ambiguous phrases that either mean several things at once or mean nothing at all; as a result, the listener is left to infer a meaning, which may [...]
Ben W. | October 20, 2009
This isn’t your grandparents’ Ghostface Killah.
A borderline psychotic explosion of opinion.
