Lots of talk about Bishop Allen, Cursive, The Number Twelve Looks Like You and the new Punk Goes Pop collection. Hate to say it, but I’m not really looking forward to any of them much. A few that might get overlooked: Mirah’s new release is awesome. Portland’s repping pretty strong...

I am one of very few that thinks U2 really isn’t that great, other than The Joshua Tree and a few other random songs. The fact that Rolling Stone gave the new release five stars pretty much guarantees I won’t like it. But Neko Case… ohhh Neko Case. If only you were ten years younge...

Maybe I’m biased because I listened to Fox Confessor habitually for months. Or because I think she’s hot. Or because she is what makes The New Pornographers listenable. Or maybe she is just really good at making music that does everything right. It’s like listening to the sounds of...

As a This Will Destroy You fanboy, this was an essential release for me to check out. They don’t have much material, so anything new is always welcomed. That warm, post-rocky goodness is impossible to resist. This split EP proved to be a bit of an anomaly, though. Not being all that familiar w...

Friday night’s show turned out to be… well, not quite what I expected. Jesse Harris , best known as the dude that won a Grammy for writing the song that made Norah Jones famous, opened the set with simple, catchy folk songs on banjo. I felt bad because the crowd was a lot chattier than u...

Being a online music nerd has its perks, but unlike our music-producing associates, we don’t have the privilege of having legions of fans throw themselves at us (except for maybe Blake, but that’s stretching it). This year, the Buzzgrinder writers decided to turn the social aspect of the...

Being a online music nerd has its perks, but unlike our music-producing associates, we don’t have the privilege of having legions of fans throw themselves at us (except for maybe Blake, but that’s stretching it). This year, the Buzzgrinder writers decided to turn the social aspect of the...

I had a hard time imagining what a solo album by the non-drum half of The Black Keys would sound like. I mean, no offense to drummer Patrick Carney, but Auerbach seems to be the one running the show, considering he drives the band’s entire melody and tone. The big surprise here is that it does...

P.O.S. is always a good choice when you want some aggressive hip-hop. He used to play drums in hardcore bands so I’m inclined to think he’s a good gateway artist for all you punks that don’t like rap. Never Better carries on his tradition of brutal, hyper-speed delivery and hopeful...

We have some extremes this week. There are a couple releases on here that I am beyond excited for, and a whole lot of crap I couldn’t care less about. For the former group, we have Eluvium’s seven-disk vinyl box set Life Through Bombardment. I bought this back in October and they just an...