Eminem – “Without Me” When I first started paying attention to music, it was music on the radio – the top 40 – that I payed attention to. There were lots of things I didn’t like, but that was immaterial given that […]
Yo, Simon Reynolds! He’s kinda got a point, eh?[…]
motion review: Urawa. Noted here not for the review itself (looks to be typical motion content – weird music, good review), but the slight digression at its beginning regarding the sub-independent level of music production: formerly tapes, now […]
THELONIOUS MONK – “This is My Story, This is My Song” (from Straight, No Chaser) When I read the name of the song on the CD in the store I’m not sure I really made the connection, but it hit me immediately, profoundly, once I […]
I Hate Music appears to have a kindred spirit in indieshite, which promises to be unremitting in its venomous bile and loathing for anything and everything. [link from us|against|them] And coincidentally, it occurs to me that I have no idea whether T[…]
Both songs are in waltz time (3/4, or at least 6/8, but close enough) – but it took me until this week to realize it (typical). Any odd time signature is a funny thing – for whatever reason, we’re so accustomed to 4/4 and similarly […]
“Pitchfork Review:” us|against|them. OK, so (almost) nobody entered uat’s contest. Who cares, the winning entry is fantastic (scroll down a bit, there you go). I’m not even sure the reviewer being toasted didn’t secretly[…]
CHARLES MINGUS – “Ysabel’s Table Dance” (from the album New Tijuana Moods) Mingus’s shot at re-creating his experience south of the border, during a “very blue period” in his life when he was “minus a w[…]
MODEST MOUSE – “Dramamine” (from the album This is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About) Damn it, I like Modest Mouse now. Quite a while back, whenever it was I bought this oh a whim, I thought the elliptical, meande[…]
I thought it prudent to help Tom snag some more readers by pointing out that there are a few others contributing here, though since this is Tom’s baby it’s strongly Tom-oriented. :) Along those lines if you’re from westernhomes and […]