My Favorite Albums of 2011

This is my last post of 2011 — I’ll be visiting the little lady through New Year’s. Thanks so much for reading! I’ve got some really exciting stuff for you in the next few weeks! Merry Christmas, happy Hanukkah, and…

Gary Clark, Jr.

Here’s another Christmas/Hanukkah present: I meant the EP, but you can interpret that any way you like. I have a feeling Gary Clark, Jr. is going to be huge by this time next year — the Black Keys certainly found a…

Cultural Hegemony and Rock’n’Roll

Apparently, Hampton Stevens forgot to take his crazy pills on Monday. He published this rant about the bifurcation caused by “red-state” and “blue-state” culture (because apparently somebody still uses those identifiers) as manifested by… …the Rock’n’Roll Hall Of Fame Selection Committee? His…

The Basics: Cowboy Mouth

You might as well listen to this while you read: Light It On Fire by Cowboy Mouth on Grooveshark There are times I wish I went to college in the ’90s. For one thing, finding a job would have been…

The Black Keys — El Camino

If there’s one thing you can count on from Nonesuch Records, it’s great package design. Between the letterpress-printed CD jackets for The Low Anthem’s Smart Flesh (which, as far as I’m concerned, is a minor work of art), or the heat-activated…

Question:

What do these bands have in common? Cowboy Mouth — “How Do You Tell Someone?” Roxie Watson — “Jolene” Two Cow Garage – What Dying Is For from Cory Hearns. Xylos — “In The Bedroom” In terms of genre, some…