Author Archives: olneyce

Brainwash - Cillie Barnes This song answer the question that I never knew I needed to ask: what if Cat Power wanted to combine the smooth lyricism and melodies of late 60s Motown with the liquid feel of modern chilled out … Continue reading →

Television - You Won’t So simple, so warm, so great.  There almost couldn’t be less going on here musically.  It’s the same simple refrain sung again and again – wafting above a slow round of handclaps and a line of nine … Continue reading →

Transistor Radio - Cloud Cult It is a little known fact that intelligent life is, in fact, alive and thriving on several other planets in our very own solar system. The reason scientists have failed to discover them is simply that … Continue reading →

Drugs And Kittens I’ll Drink To That - Mighty Mighty Bosstones Today is National Drug Take-Back Day.  The idea is that you can dispose of your expired or unused prescription drugs in a safe manner. Let’s compare that idea to gun … Continue reading →

Texas - Magic Man I don’t miss the 80′s.  It was a terrible decade mostly full of terrible people.  And on the whole, the music wasn’t great either.  But every rule has exceptions, and in this case it’s synth pop.  Sure, … Continue reading →

Best of Friends - Palma Violets It’s got that messy garage rock feel, but I can also hear a lot of Springsteen in the guitars and the shouted chorus.  And it sure sounds like they consumed a fair amount of Strummer … Continue reading →

So we all know that 90% of people support background checks.  A fact which has caused Maureen Dowd to become a parody of herself (seriously, that column has to represent the exact moment when we hit Peak Dowd, right?).  But … Continue reading →

Sunglasses - Saturday Looks Good to Me Am I crazy for thinking this song basically sounds like someone laid an indie-pop vocal track on top of an old ska song and then threw a bunch of old girl group harmonies into … Continue reading →

San Francisco (Little Daylight Remix) - The Mowgli’s This is such an exuberant song. I’ve probably listened to it 30 times or more in the last week. I just can’t get over how good it feels to hear “Do you feel … Continue reading →

Last weekend I was at the Midwest Political Science Association conference in Chicago. While there I attended a neat roundtable on the 2012 election, featuring blog-stars Nate Silver and Ezra Klein, as well as some political science folks with pretty … Continue reading →