Remind me never again to get drunk at the Beachland and stumble into Music Saves afterwards.

Bears - Who Knows 7″
Bound Stems - The Family Afloat 12″
Neko Case - Blacklisted
Patsy Cline - Country Greats 12″
Creedence Clearwater Revival - The Concert 12″
Dear Nora - Curt & Molly Split 7″
Dear Nora - Dreaming Out Loud 7″
Dear Nora […]

I saw this on Stereogum today and had to repost. The first time I saw this band (I think with the Gossip?) my initial thoughts were “Yeah I liked Kill Rock Stars in 1994 too” but I got a few of their records and they’re a solid, fun band.

Pitchfork has posted a guide to upcoming spring releases.
In no particular order I’m excited for:

Acid Mothers Temple
Boredoms
The Breeders
Clinic
Envy (DVD)
Microphones (reissue & new)
Shout Out Louds
The Gossip (live)
Make Believe
Bellafea
The Black Angels
Free Kitten
Joan of Arc
The VSS (reissue)
Ellen Allien
Ladytron
Shearwater
Silver Jews
Tilly and the Wall
Liz Phair (reissue)

I’m probably most excited for the new Ladytron album.

Since I’ve been absent for so long I thought I’d post a nice surprise for those of you who still subscribe; an April mix.
Blah blah yes I know about Muxtaping, but you can only make one 12 song mix.
Album artwork is included in the download, enjoy.

Shout Out Louds - South America
Au Revoir Simone […]

Lovers is without a doubt my favorite band ever.
Visit their Myspace page, and listen to Ginger. Listen all the way through. If you’re not completely heartbroken after listening to this song, well you have no heart.
Their fourth album is coming out soon, and work has commenced on the fifth. Ginger is from the […]

My year end list of favorite albums, presented in iTunes goofy sort of alphabetical order. There are some notable exclusions, as I tried to stray from the low-hanging fruit of indie rock. (Battles, New Pornographers, LCD Soundsystem, etc)
Air Formation - Dream Storms For fans of: My Bloody Valentine, Godspeed! You Black Emperor, Asobi […]

I loved everything about this movie, except perhaps the idea of rats in food. Otherwise it looked beautiful, the characters were great, as was the story.

I wanted to give this movie a 4.5, but I just couldn’t. I love everything the Coen brothers did with this film, and I loved the acting, but I don’t really love the writing of Cormac McCarthy. I enjoy it, but his stories seem to end in the same place they began, and coupled with […]

If you’re going to see one movie about Truman Capote, see Infamous. Capote presents the story with little context in which to consider it, and whitewashes over Capote’s flamboyant charm and eccentricities which allowed him to gain his position in society and access to gossiping Kansas families, and ultimately the murderers themselves. Hoffman plays Capote […]

I’ll save you from having to read the entire article. Basically CNN thinks that because the labels perform the task of aggressive promotion for Matchbox 20 (tv, radio, online, mobile markets) and give away tchtochke USB bracelets and exclusive videos labels are more relevant than ever.
First of all, labels don’t promote all artists this way. […]

Preciousness, I hate it. In spite of my love for twee, I cannot stand “look at me look at me” sentimentalism. This is why I hate Everything Is Illuminated, Natalie Portman, Wes Anderson, and numerous other things.Carrie Brownstein sums it up beautifully on Monitor Mix:
Each of us has a deal-breaker when it comes to songs, […]

I thought this was going to be an idiosyncratic romantic comedy about a lady who loves dogs. Instead it’s a really dark movie about a stereotypical spinster and how her life spirals out of control from a series of bad decisions with good intentions. This film involves a lot of cringing as you wait for […]

My initial thoughts in playing Guitar Hero 3, were how different it is from the Playstation version. There seems to be a pretty big lag, and our attempts to calibrate the lag only made it worse.
The changes to the guitar control are mostly welcome. The body is now heavier, which provides more balance when […]

The only redeeming quality about the most contrived movie with the most forced dialogue I’ve ever seen was Cleveland. That is, until it just began vomiting Cleveland references as to suggest the filmmakers couldn’t remember where they were. Watching Mischa Barton act is like watching a less animated Jack Skelington read cue cards.
Factual errors:

Cleveland […]

Likely written by a drunken 15 year old.

I’ve always bought shoes from Zappos because of their speedy, reliable service. The last time I ordered was a Sunday and they sent me an email the same day to tell me my shoes had gone out. Sure enough, they arrived the next day. But the reason I will never buy shoes online from anyplace […]

Cracked’s 10 Most Asinine Movie Twist Endings.
High Tension was on track to become one of the great horror films of our time. That is, until its final 10 minutes, where the filmmakers raised their middle fingers to the audience and said, “Hey, you know that awesome movie you were just watching? … Yeah, well, […]

Canadian psych/sludge rock outfit, Black Mountain, easily has the best live show I’ve seen in the last 3 years. They took Cleveland to the moon and back. It’s a shame they had to be opening for the Walkman, between this and the baseball game their set was cut down to about 30 minutes. This is […]

This morning, my inbox greets me with a message, the subject line reading: “AT&T wants to know about your iPhone!” I thought to myself, great, an opportunity to tell them I love my phone but hate my experiences with them! The first few questions were roughly the same as the survey Apple had sent me. […]

Your catalog tells me you sell these mini pie cutters:

Our Ill Wills is the outstanding second full-length from Swedish indie-poppers, Shout Out Louds. Those unfamiliar with this band will still find the album familiar sounding, as it was produced by Bjorn Yttling of Peter Bjorn & John. Incidentally, bass player Ted Malmros won a Swedish Grammy for directing PB&J’s Young Folks video. This time […]

While this album isn’t exactly bad, it isn’t exactly good. Anyone looking to get into Matt Pond would do better to start with some of his earlier work, or even his last album, Several Arrows Later. (Stick to the albums, not the EPs.) Last Light swims a little too deep in adult contemporary waters. The […]

Possibly the best album ever released by any band after a 13 year break. 2007 is the return of twee.