A Night of Tedious Sex
I went with a friend to see Martin Sexton at the Calvin a couple weeks back for his tour-ending show, and it was tough going.Though his most recent album didn’t make me "happy," I’d enjoyed some of his other releases, and so many friends had told...The new Thurston Moore CD, Trees Outside the Academy
You can check out samples of this album here or here.I’ve been a major Sonic Youth fan since somewhere around 1985, so I suppose I’m predisposed to like this one. It’s clear very quickly that a lot of Sonic Youth’s talky delivery has, not...Erin Mckeown's new album, Lafayette
I was hoping one of my local music reviewer compadres was going to write this review so that I could bury my snotty reaction down in the comments. No such luck.There’s no question in my mind that Erin Mckeown’s one of the most talented, fun and interesting...Ostrich Farm's new album, Music for the New American Century
Though I hope to soon fill this space with a fuller review, let’s just start things off by saying this is, as you might expect from an album of outtakes, uneven. I think these guys are extremely talented, and I don’t want or mean to hold an outtake album...E-Edition
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