Author Archives: olneyce

Forgot to post on this over the weekend, but there’s an interesting New York Times article on Golden Smog from last week, and they have 4 new MP3s available (presumably for a limited time). I recommend reading the article, but … Continue reading →

Blogger is not being friendly today, so let’s hope this gets through. I Just realized that today is the six-month anniversary of the blog. Seems like it went by a lot quicker than that. I’ve really enjoyed doing it, and … Continue reading →

Some Decemberists news today. Pitchfork had an update on Friday with a whole new set of tour dates (including a Halloween show in Northampton that I’m hoping to get to), and news about the new album The Crane Wife, due … Continue reading →

Do these country-tinged solo albums ever really turn out as well as we had hoped? I don’t think so. The disappointment at the beginning of the year was from Jenny Lewis, whose Rabbit Fur Coat was pleasant but never inspiring. … Continue reading →

There are a number of artists I’ve been meaning to talk about ever since I started the blog. One of those is the Old 97s, the very best of the many many alt-country bands of the last decade or so. … Continue reading →

There’s an interesting post (and ensuing conversation) at TW Walsh about The Devaluation of Music which contradicts the argument that modern technology is a friend of indie bands. Now, I’m not in a band and never will be, so I’m … Continue reading →

Everyone likes a little moog, right? Well, The Anniversary like more than a little bit. They were one of the many, many bands on the emo/pop-punk post-New Wave bandwagon six or seven years ago, which I know isn’t a particularly … Continue reading →

Alright, I’ll admit it, I’m hooked on Veronica Mars. What a great show. Clever, tricky, fun, quirky. It’s like Buffy combined with Nancy Drew combined with The OC combined with Twin Peaks. I’m halfway through the first season and very … Continue reading →

I don’t actually know a whole lot about Aberdeen. The two main members are John Girgus and Beth Arzy (of the Trembling Blue Stars). They released a number of songs on Sarah Records in the 90s, but didn’t get around … Continue reading →

Short one today.Golden Smog, the alt-country supergroup, composed of (in this incarnation) Gary Louris (The Jayhawks), Marc Perlman (The Jayhawks), Kraig Johnson (Run Westy Run), Dan Murphy (Soul Asylum) and Jeff Tweedy (Wilco), are releasing their new new album Another … Continue reading →