One of our most popular articles is a rave review of Troy’s Mixtape of Love. For the uninitiated, TMoL was a mysterious, genre-defying, 14-minute love song for the titular hero’s soon-to-be ex-girlfriend. Quickly becoming an internet phenomenon after being posted on purevolume.com, it still remained an enigma, with no more than a line or two […]

And I quote from the official secret email: “hi everybody- so we all survived 2005, except for those of us who didn’t. i somehow managed to drive about 50,000 miles and not get in any accidents, nor get any tickets. i suppose i am thankful for that. i wanted to say thanks to all of my […]

That’s the title and subject of Colin Meloy’s next solo EP, at least according to Wilamette Week, which has been described as “least reputable source in local journalism…” whose “primary audience seems to be the rich folk of the Pearl District that like to pretend to be bohemian, when they’re not cruising in their $50K […]

The Kinsella family has become akin to an indie Mafia, with most of Chicago as their territory and Tim as their Brando-esque godfather. Cap’n Jazz, Make Believe, Joan of Arc, the Owls, and many more include themselves as projects of the prolific bunch. But one of the more interesting bands to come out […]

Many concerts you go to and you hear what was recorded on the album almost verbatim, the band often phoning it in, not putting their all into. I know the road life is tough, just ask Jon Crocker, or read up on the Decemberists in their Tour Journal.

Sam Beam is no lazy Gacy, and he, […]

When you come out of the heavily hyped independent music scene in Montreal (along with artists like the Arcade Fire, the Unicorns, Destroyer, and Frog Eyes), and have Isaac Brock from Modest Mouse produce your first album, it raises everyone’s expectations. Thanks to this, Wolf Parade had a lot to live up to at […]