Consumption Junction: Full Frontal Scrutiny

Have you ever raised your eyebrow at the end of some long winded commercial or driven past a billboard that looks a little suspect? Maybe it looks like an ad for Moveon.org petition for a somewhat plausible cause but the small print gives their gratitude to some nebulous organization represented by a lame acronym. Now you have [...]

Indian Pop. Video Awesome!

Some folks will go their whole lives never having done mind altering substances, completely missing the irony of things like this wonderful example from the far East.

91x Loudspeaker Show!

I’m going to take this soapbox opportunity to give a positive endorsement for Preston, who is currently a DJ for 91x’s LoudSpeaker show which airs Monday mornings from 1am-3am (I know, stupid fucking time slot, but hey its corporate radio). Anyway, Preston and his cohort, Rowley have been doing a great job of playing a [...]

Firethorn: Pollution for the Fountain of Youth (a review)

Sean Myott, bass player from San Diego trio Firethorn had been trying to send his bands debut to me for what seemed like months. I don’t know if my post office box has an anti-band-mail charm on it but that’s not the only example of things being sent by bands that hadn’t made it to [...]

David Ford: One Shot One Take “Go To Hell”

David Ford is a singer songwriter from across the pond who recently played here in San Diego. He makes full use of looping technology to create wonderfully layered compositions. Sort of in the vein of Liam Finn, these multi-instrumentalists represent the possibility of new methods in how pop and rock music is composed. I mean, looping [...]

New Muxtape!

Posted yesterday. Its drinking music. Scotch and soda/whiskey and water drinking music, Vodka Pepsi/Guinness Jamesons 4am pizza-burrito-pete’s kitchen [or another greek equivalent], music.
Otis Redding, Man Man, Neil Young.
http://wrongstring.muxtape.com
Also, R.I.P.
Danny Federici, Springsteen Keyboardist, Dies at 58, AP Says

Ringside: An Interview With Scott Thomas

The greatest thing about doing a phone interview with an artist while you are sitting in front of a computer is access to information. I picked up this interview after one of my writers cancelled at the last minute and while we had been spinning the Ringside album in the office, I knew very little [...]

The Constantines: Kensington Heights (a review)

I look for the pattern. Try and find it in the music, analyzing every note and attempting to rationalize why I find Kensington Heights so brilliant. That’s what a music critic does right? Draw some comparisons, make some vague music-dork analogies that may or may not aid the band in world domination. For the [...]

Made Out of Babies: An Interview with the Band

UPDATE: I’ve got an entire update/lowdown from Julie Xmas on her new solo record as well as what has been going on in the MOOB camp including info on their new record, new producer!, new loads of noisy AWESOME. I saw Brendan last Friday night at the Casbah, looks like he is doing some tour [...]