The newest post by superhuman festival maniac Bill: We haven’t hit the wall, but we see it looming. We could barely seestraight after the Yep Rock showcase last night, let alone compose coherentprose. We were there for Robyn Hitchcock and Peter Buck, Sloan and Apples inStereo. And so were a whole host of other people. […]

Bill shutterbugs me some real treats: Sloan:Apples in Stereo: Robyn Hitchcock and Peter Buck:Sloan again:Apples in Stereo

Aka Austin. Now a corporate far cry from a sub-200 lb Daniel Johnston caught by MTV, SXSW now showcases bands as a vehicle not for labels to make money, but for those bands and their management to secure overseas tour deals and other distro options. Today’s NYTimes piece sums it up perfectly. We can also […]

Why? Why didn’t someone tell me to listen to Hawkwind? I am a lost soul. Why did I waste 45 seconds of my life listening to one track by the Fratellis? I beg you. Hawkwind – The Psychedelic Warlords (Disappear in Smoke)

Just working too hard. Here’s a quick lowdown: Love of Diagrams: One listen to their forthcoming Mosaic and you know overrated is an overrated assessment. Prolapse did this years ago, and I didn’t snooze. The Ponys: Turn the Lights Out isn’t the brand new groundbreaker Matador wants you to believe it is; someone already made […]

Yeah, it’s good. I was worried it would be the equivalent of the Honeydrippers for old Led Zep fans. But see, Plant never had a Warren Ellis. Cave does. Hence: Grinderman — Don’t Set Me Free

The metaphor says: some albums, knocked out of the CYO playoffs, then play each other for the consolation trophy. Everyone has ice cream, dodges the molesting priest/coach, and goes home happy. Meaning —Of all those albums that won’t show up on anyone’s best of lists, these are the best. Got that? okay: Kid Koala – […]

End of the year lists, like indie rock bands, all begin to look the same. Of course, that doesn’t stop me, but I’ll try not to add to all the hot air these lists spur from bloggers and critics and OCD listmakers. Why write a new paragraph just as overwritten as the one you dropped […]

Don’t even try to buy this. You probably can’t. Ice Cube/Pooh – Put it in Ya Egg Nog Happy Hellidays

Yeah, I have a 2006 best-of, but I’m waylaid by already being far into the stuff of 2007. Dig: Deerhoof – The Perfect Me This from their swell and nifty and keen Jan 07 release-to-be Friend Opportunity. The cd art is all it’s said to be, by the way. Making a best-of list sucks, because […]