August 2011
3 posts
My boring press releases pt. 3 →
My boring press releases pt. 2 →
My boring press releases pt. 1 →
April 2011
8 posts
My Jon Spencer Blues Explosion feature @... →
Gonna try something new this time - link and full text all in one post!
This is for the 4/30/11 JSBX show at the 40 Watt Club in Athens, GA. Printed in the Flagpole weekly.
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion Embrace Your Wild Side
For a good looking, dark-haired punk with the vocal prowess and lyrical ability of a wild animal in heat, Jon Spencer is about as friendly—and somewhat geeky—a...
Calendar pick for the amazing Shannon Wright @... →
Seriously one of the nicest people I’ve ever talked to. And she loves Flat Duo Jets. How can she possibly be bad? Answer: she can’t.
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OK, so, like, new Dex Romweber Duo album or what?
According to the twitters, a new Dex Romweber Duo album is in the works. Apparently, whoever runs the Bloodshot Records Twitter account has two thumbs and is already privy to the tunes. And she (suspecting it’s a she, dudes don’t write all giddy like that) told me I’m just going to have to sit tight. She also promised it will be worth the wait. Boo and yay.
Really digging this record from Hymn For Her, Lucy...
Oh, and I learned something new yesterday ... →
I knew Jon Spencer Blues Explosion performed the theme song to Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservations. What I did not know (and now do) is that Bourdain specifically requested to have JSBX write and record the theme song. Seriously, the dude gets on my nerves. He lives on his high horse, soap box, whatever, etc. But clearly he’s got style.
Now, if only he would stop showing off his sunken...
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Shooting the shit with your hero: Jon Spencer & Me
Today was the strangest day. Literally the strangest day. I had set up a phone interview with one of my musical heroes, the incomparable wolfman that is Jon Spencer. I’d met him once before at a Heavy Trash show, and by my own account and several others he is one hell of a nice man. But this time I had to interview him. We had to talk about him. What could I ask him that hadn’t already...
March 2011
1 post
Hymn For Her, a really cool Philly duo, bring... →
I’m just floored by the cigar box guitar. Awesomeness.
January 2011
1 post
Best Coast feature @flagpole.com →
Not one of my better pieces, but it’s not total crap, either.
December 2010
1 post
Christabel & the Jons @ mountainxpress.com →
June 2010
1 post
Carrie Rodriguez is coming to Athens @flagpole.com →
May 2010
1 post
4th Annual Songs for Kids fund raiser ... don't... →
April 2010
4 posts
I think Dropkick Murphys' "Live on Lansdowne,... →
Adam Green's latest, "Minor Love" - the review @... →
It's a Jump Little Children kind of day ... my Jay... →
It started as a 300-word calendar pick, and then became a last-minute feature. Hoping the info fleshed out enough. Comments?
Everybody Was In The French Resistance ... Now!... →
This is not one of my best reviews, but I hope it at least conveys the record’s sense of silliness. Really, though, I do love Eddie Argos. Totally on the list of future husbands.
March 2010
3 posts
My live review of Rodrigo y Gabriela + kick-ass... →
"so garage you can park your car in them ..." i... →
Oh, goodness me! My first feature for... →
February 2010
6 posts
“It is sometimes said that scientists are unromantic, that their passion to...”
– Carl Sagan
Check out my feature on Those Darlins @... →
live review of justin townes earle @ eddie's attic... →
Excerpts from the email between me and Owl City @... →
Chatting with Exene Cervenka and trying not to... →
January 2010
5 posts
Oh, how I enjoyed talking to him, or, my Fiery... →
Matt Friedberger is a fun chat, but this was still weird to write. Been feelin’ a lil’ burnt out on this writing gig.
listening to "George Harrison - Blow Away" →
if you don’t think that george was the best beatle then please go away. i have absolutely no use for you.
Listen to my station on Blip.fm! →
The Cribs, "Ignore the Ignorant" - read all about... →
This was hard to write. I really like the record, but I had to force this one. Weird.
My spotlight on singer/song writer Daphne Willis... →
This is not one of the best things I have written, but there were certain circumstances … like this being a last-minute addition to the line up and me being sick as all hell during the interview and the writing process. There. All done explainin’ myself.
December 2009
8 posts
Here’s some filthy, creepy-crawly, swamp...
I guess this would be a preview of Kate... →
Live Review: Brendan Benson @ The EARL Dec. 11 @... →
From now on I will not agree to review a show unless I am confident that I will have a passionately positive or numbingly negative opinion of it. Srsly, it’s hard to write about something that was kinda cool and OK but wouldn’t kill you if you missed it.
Heavy Trash's "Midnight Soul Serenade" - I review... →
I am so silly.
Slovenian hiphop artist Gramatik. Yeah, it all... →
The copy editor who writes the headlines chose “Gramatik: Cool kid on the bloc” for a story about an Eastern European hiphop artist who, as I mention in the article, was born in the former Soviet bloc.
Someone at the ABH is developing a sense of humor.
Tracyanne from Camera Obscura has a lovely... →
Pottery schmottery: all you need to know about... →
"Reatard tones it down, ignoring expectations."... →
November 2009
28 posts
“Hard Times” by Patrick Wolf, from his...
My Top 20 Favorite Records of 2009 - the final...
I’ve finally submitted this list to my editor. It’s done. No take backs. And in no particular order, either.
Rodrigo y Gabriela – 11:11 Dan Auerbach – Keep It Hid Langhorne Slim – Be Set Free The Raveonettes – In And Out Of Control Kristina Train – Spilt Milk Neko Case – Middle Cyclone Shelley Short – A Cave, A Canoo Scott H. Biram - Something’s Wrong/Lost...
For a Little While by Langhorne Slim from his new...
Read about The Dave Rawlings Machine... →
I write boring calendar picks about pottery @... →
See my review of the new Raveonettes' record "In... →
I’m not sure what “rock AND roll” means. I didn’t write it that way. I wonder if someone’s passive-aggressively trying to tell me I’m doing it wrong. I’m fairly certain I’m going by AP style, but whatevs.
Heavy Trash LIVE at The EARL Nov. 19 @... →
I hate writing live reviews sometimes. I never know what to say. I mean, this review could have been summed up with the words, “Matt Verta-Ray. Holy shit.” But I had to say more than that.
So out came this review with which I’m not terribly pleased, because I ultimately spent more time extolling the dreaminess of MVR and his guitar chops. And then at some point I thought I might...
My review of Steph Jones' CD "Gravity" @... →