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Review of Moon “Flight Logs”

By Eric

Moon has an affinity for vintage rock and roll. From the cleverly placed ’stereo’ on the cover, to the numerous pictures of vintage amplifiers and guitars, it’s not hard to guess that these guys listened to bands like the Byrds or the Beatles. However, while their influences may seem obvious, Moon takes their […]

Review of Luca “Sick of Love”

Luca may not be a familiar name, but the guest artists on this album are among some of the more recognizable names in independent alt-country music.  M. Ward, Howe Gelb, and Joey Burns and John Convertino all make contributions to this album.  But despite the impressive guest list Sick of Love never achieves the depth […]

Consider this.

The internet is full of new music. No doubt about it, websites like garageband.com, myspace.com, and numerous blogs have allowed completely independent musicians to put out their music to a wider audience (at least theoretically) and with much more ease than ever before. But honestly it’s overwhelming, and trying to sift through the […]

Consider this.

The internet is full of new music. No doubt about it, websites like garageband.com, myspace.com, and numerous blogs have allowed completely independent musicians to put out their music to a wider audience (at least theoretically) and with much more ease than ever before. But honestly it’s overwhelming, and trying to sift through the thousands of bad songs, bands that don’t have it together, and blogs that hype mediocre bands with the same kind of urgency that made the world fear for the Y2K disaster…

Rocking with Deerhoof

Deerhoof, simply put, can rock. And rock they did at Gardner Lounge at Grinnell College in Grinnell, IA. Having seen the band once before opening for Wilco at the Auditorium Theater (note: they still rocked there)–I was simply blown away by just how much better they came across when I was standing a […]

Reviewing “Plugged In Online” Reviewing Music

It’s rare that “pro-social content” is a category used to review a band’s latest album–but at the Christian review site Plugged In Online it’s a critical content rating (along with objectionable content and a summary advisory for the album). To their credit they do what they do well, they provide people concerned with content […]

Review of Dog Traders “A Panic in a Pagoda”

From the creator of the “toothpaste for dinner” site comes the ‘band’ Dog Traders—and while this band exists now (in three-piece form)—the album “A Panic in a Pagoda” was recorded by one man. Plenty of us know that dude who’s always recording stuff in his basement/bedroom/etc, but this guy happens to have a pretty […]


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