Germans make things tougher than they need to be, but I think it’s because they like the challenge. Look at their language, filled with 21-letter words with sometimes complex, existential
Category: Review
Review: It’s Alive, La LuzReview: It’s Alive, La Luz
Musical styles can migrate, like birds. It doesn’t happen all at once, a song here, a band there, but given some time to marinate, what was the groove in one
Review: Reflektor, The Arcade FireReview: Reflektor, The Arcade Fire
As great as the Internet is (I mean, how else would you be reading this, right?), it’s also a ruthless killer. It’s taken down book stores, civil discourse, privacy, porn
Review: The Inner Banks, Songs From Disko BayReview: The Inner Banks, Songs From Disko Bay
Cool is an overused word, and I’m as guilty as anyone when it comes to usage. I’ll drop the word in conversation with the effect of an Altoid — trying
Review, Camera Obscura, My Maudlin CareerReview, Camera Obscura, My Maudlin Career
From the welcoming Wall of Sound wail of “French Navy,” the opening track of Camera Obscura’s excellent My Maudlin Career, I’m quickly reminded how free and lasting Phil Spector’s influence
Review: Western Civ, Shower the People You Love With GoldReview: Western Civ, Shower the People You Love With Gold
I’m all for retro music, and this is why initially enjoyed Western Civ’s “Shower the People You Love With Gold”. It sounds as if it were created in 1987, fighting
Review: Franz Ferdinand, TonightReview: Franz Ferdinand, Tonight
“I’m bored, c’mon lets get high,” intones Alex Kapranos on “Ulysses,” the opening track of Tonight, Franz Ferdinand’s third offering and first album in three years from the Glasgow quartet.