So one of my favorite bands somehow slipped an album release by me earlier this year. How could this possibly happen to me? Well, one of my favorite bands typically only releases their new albums in their native Australia. And their 2007 was no exception, flying way under the radar.
I first heard […]

In celebration of their current tour (and recent release from the grips of Indianapolis) I’ve decided to share Clipd Beaks. Featuring our very own Greg Pritchard, along with Nic Barbeln, Ray Benjamin and Scott Ecklein, Clipd Beaks originally formed in Minneapolis back in 2003, and they are now spread between Oakland and Los Angeles. While […]

Starting to put out albums a bit more frequently, are we? Well, after a nail-biting two year wait following the release of their first hit-album Hot Fuss in mid-2004, The Killers came to class with a new album, Sam’s Town (2006), for show and tell. Now, just a measly year later, Sawdust (2007) is released. […]

So every tuesday I check out the latest releases on iTunes. And if I hear some samples that interest me I get the albums. And this last tuesday the album I downloaded was form a guy from England who calls himself Fink.
And I always find it interesting what artists make the iTunes […]

I’ve always been a sucker for a drawn-out theme. Animal Collective is an experimental indie group (pysch-folk or noise-rock, some might say) who generally replace lyrics with gutteral sounds, focusing more intently on the melodies and instrumentation of the songs than on high-school level poetry (finally a band that shares my disregard for […]