THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:“WHERE'S YOUR MESSIAH NOW?” Although ABC did its annual showing of The Ten Commandments before Easter, I cannot let it pass without mention now. Edward G. Robinson's Dathan never…
Read MoreHAIL TO THE KING: Dr. (and Pate fan) Ken King, that is. Of the hundreds of awards that the Boy Scouts of America presents each year to those on the local council,…
Read MoreTHE WHITE STRIPES' forthcoming disc, Get Behind Me Satan, is previewed at The ModernAge. Miss Modernage says the single, “Blue Orchid,” “Reminds me of full on Led Zeppelin.” Elsewhere there be marimbas…
Read MoreROBERT POLLARD has allowed his first serious post-GbV album, From A Compound Eye, to leak all over the 'net. Maisonneuve magazine's Frank Smith writes: “What strikes me most about the album is…
Read MoreON THE PITCHFORK: A boffo review for the power pop complilation Yellow Pills and a list of indie rock songs about God. ALSO: Brooklyn Vegan has discovered that Pitchfork is beta-testing an…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:FRIDAY TIMEWASTER: FlySui: “He who can catch flies with chopsticks can accomplish anything!”THE HOLD STEADY may be getting more conventional on their the forthcoming Separation Sunday disc (out May…
Read MoreGO, JOHNNIE, GO, GO, GO: After apprenticing with blues masters like Muddy Waters and Albert King on the club scene, Johnnie Johnson teamed with Chuck Berry for hits like “Roll Over Beethoven”…
Read MoreBRENDAN BENSON talks to the Boston Globe about his new disc, The Alternative to Love, (which I dig) and his forthcoming project with Jack White: ''I hang out with people like Jack…
Read MoreIRON AND WINE: Sam Beam's most recent disc under the name Iron and Wine, the Woman King EP, got a good writeup on the Pitchfork in February. I just got around to…
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