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…
Category New Music
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…
John Moreland and the Dustbowl Souls — Everything the Hard Way
Welcome, new readers! It’s been a little over a week since I started this blog and I’ve already had 100 hits (not including spam bots.) Thanks for your time! Since posting updates to my Facebook and G+ statuses is not…
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…