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...

The new, sixth studio record forthcoming from Cursive finally has details!  Hooray for all mankind.  Mama, I'm Swollen, just five weeks away from its release on March 10, is it.  You can pre-order the record from Saddle Creek right now, as we're typing this.  We seriously love that a band like T...

Filed under: Kids 5-7, Kids 8-11, Education Ever since she learned to hold a pencil, Ellie has been fascinated by cursive writing. She loves the loops and curves of script writing and works hard at perfecting the art. In the past, all of this writing practice has been done at home because it was not...

At least according to this Indianapolis Star article: Learning to write in script is a time-honored tradition. But in today’s time-starved classrooms, some around the country are questioning whether, given everything else vying for space in the curriculum and the increasing use of technology, ...

Remember all those shows that were on AmEx presale a few days ago? Well now they are on regular sale, plus a bunch of others: Black Kids and Mates of State at Music Hall of Williamsburg on April 5 and Webster Hall on April 6 is on Tickets Cursive at Bowery Ballroom on March 10 is on Tickets, their M...

Lots of tickets on sale or going or presale: Israeli band Idan Raichel Project at Town Hall on March 26, tickets here The Gaslight Anthem at Webster Hall on March 27, tickets here Anathallo at Mercury Lounge on March 4, tickets here The Airborne Toxic Event at Bowery Ballroom on March 8, tickets her...

No use in reinventing the wheel. Two Cow Garage has gotten as much love on Donewaiting as just about any band short of Miranda Sound or Ted Leo so I’m not going to waste my time with a historical background or even a song-by-song analysis of the new record, Speaking in Cursive, the band’...

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Omaha’s Cursive is making the in-studio rounds and those awaiting the follow up to 2006’s Happy Hollow rejoice! Each of the stops so far (see below for details) has featured two new and previously unreleased tracks that are likely to be included on the next album. Official recording of t...

There's a scene in Billy Madison where the adult Billy, having gone back to elementary school is asked to go up to the chalk board and write "Rizzuto". The Zs in his unpracticed cursive turn into bulbous line-monsters, malformed and unrestrained, drooping malevolently down the blackness. My cursive ...