Everyone knows crazy girls make the hottest most interesting musicians, and Fiona Apple takes that cliche to the power of hyperbole. I’m a big fan of her musical meltdowns, even if she’s reigned in the crazy ever so slightly over the last few years. This is her first scrap of new material since Extraordinary Machine […]

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Ever wanted to hear The Killers cover Bright Eyes? Neither have I. But, if the curiosity gets to you, like it did me, then this YouTube audio will come in handy. It’s a synthed-up version of one of Conor Obserst’s twangier songs, “Four Winds”, off the Cassadaga LP. Not as entirely awful as I would […]

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I unabashedly fell in love with Metric before they even had a record out. Back in 2001, I found myself humming a jingle from a Polaroid commercial and my girlfriend asked who it was and I didn’t know and despite searching the web like crazy I simply couldn’t find out. So she called Polaroid.

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I just happened to be listening to NPR last night and caught an interview with Ben Kweller and was sort of taken aback how much his speaking voice sounds like his singing voice. Most people sound nothing like themselves when they sing, but Kweller’s sort of laid-back, eternally youthful, stoner cadence is unmistakable. NPR has […]

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With former members of Elevator Action and Columbia, South Carolina’s sadly defunct Orgone Accumulator, Brooklyn’s Telltale showcases an intriguing mix of experimental no-wave, minimalist post-punk, and dark shoegaze. The result is akin to pre-Bad Moon Rising Sonic Youth, as Eric Gilstrap’s voice recalls Thurston Moore’s youthful, angst-ridden inflection when he punches up the tension. The […]

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Strangely, Entertainment Weekly has an exclusive stream of Cursive’s “I Couldn’t Love You”, off the band’s forthcoming Mama, I’m Swollen out on Saddle Creek March 10. At first, it sounds more like a song by The Good Life, Tim Kasher’s other band, but the tension brims into uncomfortable emotional weirdness, which is much more indicative […]

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Maybe, it’s just the dark New Order sequencers, but there’s something about this retro-synth song by Faunts that I am utterly enamored of. Been hearing it lately on Sirius XMU, and Pitchfork reviews the album today. Also, found a remix of this song over at The Music Slut. I’m a sucker for icy synths with […]

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