Finally. Some justice for Skywave, albeit via Oliver Akcermann’s new outfit A Place to bury Strangers. Of course, it takes a move to Brooklyn for Pitchfork to notice Ackermann’s now ten-year-old assault and revitalization of the shoegazing genre. Kevin Shields might be a Goddish shoegaze personality, but he’s made only one album. Ackermann’s made a […]
Like I said: Prefab Sprout begins to get their due with taste and distastemakers. And some quickies: Every other song on the new Liars album is good. The new Mekons record has its moments, and many of those moments passed me by unawares. The new Richard Hawley album let me down a little, but then […]
You can take your Lee Hazlewood post and stick it where the sun don’t shine. At lease that’s what Lee would’ve said. Other than the original, the definitive version for me: Rowland S. Howard & Lydia Lunch – Some Velvet Morning PS Dream Cover #2343: Beyonce does the Louvin Brothers’ “While You’e Cheatin On Me, […]
Stop Loving Everything 