Maybe you're frustrated about a crumbling (or crumbled) relationship. Maybe you're tired of being broke and/or unemployed. After all, who isn't these days? Or perhaps you're pissed at stupid scientists who invent shit like the atomic bomb and only afterwards do they realize the magnitude of what the...

The self-titled debut from young New York foursome The Pains of Being Pure at Heart came out last month and somehow passed me by. This despite every indication that I would fall completely in love with the band—the precious, overly wordy name (from an unpublished children's story!), the fact t...

I’ve been listening to the new P.O.S record Never Better every day for the last week, and I’ll probably listen to it every day this week as well. It’s not too often that I get so sucked in by a hip hop record, but I can’t put this one down. It’s a shame P.O.S had to com...

I've been listening to the new Beirut (well, Beirut and Realpeople—both Zach Condon, basically) double EP March of the Zapotec/Holland all day to prepare for a review, and I just noticed this press release from BaDaBing Records: Hey Everyone!Cancel those exciting Friday night plans, because Be...

I just want to take a moment to heartily second a suggestion made by Dave Segal in his review this week of Animal Collective's stunning new album, Merriweather Post Pavilion : Album closer "Brother Sport" exemplifies AC's balance between accessibility and innovation. Looped wheezes pulsate amid happ...

At our best, I like to think music journalists/critics do more than just provide a consumer guide to the flood of new and old albums constantly available in stores. We introduce new ideas, participate in the cultural discourse, make fun of crappy bands, etc, etc. But sometimes it is necessary to jus...

At our best, I like to think music journalists/critics do more than just provide a consumer guide to the flood of new and old albums constantly available in stores. We introduce new ideas, participate in the cultural discourse, make fun of crappy bands, etc, etc. But sometimes it is necessary to jus...

Today, I found myself listening to Blur's Parklife on David Schmader's itunes (Schmader, though he wouldn't brag about it, has the best mp3 library in the Stranger offices, although it limits to five listeners a day, so you have to be early). It's the first time I've listened to the album in a bit, ...

Today, I found myself listening to Blur's Parklife on David Schmader's itunes (Schmader, though he wouldn't brag about it, has the best mp3 library in the Stranger offices, although it limits to five listeners a day, so you have to be early). It's the first time I've listened to the album in a bit, ...