Author Archives: olneyce

Dirty Blue Jeans – Jeremy Warmsley Jeremy Warmsley is yet another young indie-folk artist with loads of talent and not quite enough idea of what to do with it. At his best, on this whirlwind of a song, he is … Continue reading →

If you like indie pop music from Scandinavia with rousing choruses, tons of energy, and handclaps galore (and if you don’t, why are you reading this blog anyways), you’ll want to check out South Ambulance. Another band featured on the … Continue reading →

Not a full politics post today. Just three quick comments. Still a Long Way to Go – James Dean Bradfield First, today June 19 is Juneteenth. We’ve come a long way, but still have a long way to go. Second, … Continue reading →

I’m going through another one of those blogging lulls, where I have a ton of albums I want to talk about, but which I feel deserve some serious effort to review in full, and I’m just not feeling motivated to … Continue reading →

Be Less Rude – Frightened Rabbit Frightened Rabbit are two brothers from Glasgow, who make some great music. Their debut album is called Sing the Greys (eMusic) and it’s full of exuberant guitar-driven pop, with some truly inspired percussion, and … Continue reading →

Never Trust a Monkey – Brak Last week I was astonished at the percentage of people who still think it should be illegal to be gay. This week I’m perplexed at public opinion on evolution. Via Political Wire, a Gallup … Continue reading →

How much do I care about the last episode of The Sopranos? Not even a little bit, that’s how much. Was this show really that good? I saw a few episodes here and there and it seemed pretty standard Mob+soap … Continue reading →

Today theme: songs with cute titles. Clever Girls Like Clever Boys Much More Than Clever Boys Like Clever Girls – Pelle CarlbergCrying All the Way to the Pawnshop – Pelle Carlberg (link fixed) Pelle Carlberg is another artist on Labrador, … Continue reading →

Got back to New Hampshire today after a red-eye flight through Cleveland (I don’t recommend that strategy, for what it’s worth), and it’s nice to be home. Which is weird, because I still consider Washington to be “home,” too. I … Continue reading →