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Joyful Noises
posted: December 9, 2009
There is quirky, and then there is You Say France & I Whistle, a band from Stockholm who play toys as instruments, sing inexhaustibly of cats and consult an imaginary squirrel band member. Though there…
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Waking the Dead
posted: December 7, 2009
Not all ghosts like to rattle their chains and spook their human counterparts. Some just want to play, leading their subjects on wild goose chases and hide-and-seek games in the dark. Columbus, Ohio’s Phantods conjure…
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Discourse & Dischord
posted: December 4, 2009
Introducing “Discourse & Dischord” ” a new column wrapping up the week in music and delivering it to you with a big, fat bow every Friday. This week: The Strokes, Adam Lambert, Chris Brown, Susan…
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Pity Party
posted: December 2, 2009
Dancing to a somber song can be a strange sensation, but one that’s oddly cathartic. San Francisco’s Geographer offers unlikely material for hipster dance parties in the form of triumphant indie rock drenched in reverb,…
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Pluck o' the Irish
posted: November 30, 2009
Plenty of Irish folk bands have found eager listeners on American soil over the years, beginning with the Chieftains and Clancy Brothers in the 60s and 70s. If Irish folk popularity had waned a bit…
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Old Time Rock 'N' Roll
posted: November 27, 2009
Roots music isn’t synonymous with the stripped down sounds of Pete Seeger or Woody Guthrie though those two are widely credited as the fathers of American roots music. In fact, the genre’s massive legacy includes…
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