Author Archives: olneyce

Ghost Towns – Radical Face Always Gold – Radical Face For all that I adore some of their songs, Radical Face (or really, Ben Cooper, since it’s more or less his solo project) are exceptionally frustrating. The thing that drives … Continue reading →

A Satellite, Stars and an Ocean Behind You – The Submarines Fire – The Submarines My one line review of the new Submarines record, Love Notes/Letter Bombs: when faced with the slogan ‘change vs. more of the same’ The Submarines … Continue reading →

Love Love – Amy Macdonald Don’t Tell Me That It’s Over – Amy Macdonald One of my favorite records of this year isn’t even from this year. Somehow I totally missed Amy Macdonald’s most recent record, A Curious Thing, which … Continue reading →

Awaiting Elemental Meltdown – The Six Parts Seven So, Rick Perry has the debate meltdown to end all meltdowns. I still don’t think he’s down and out, but it does seem to suggest that the Mitt train is rolling along … Continue reading →

Transparence – Asobi Seksu Hold Your Secrets To Your Heart – Miracle Fortress What is the value of transparency? I was listening to the most recent episode of On the Media, and they had a debate about the Super Committee. … Continue reading →

Oh Holy Night – Vanessa Peters So it’s still only October, but who says that’s too early to post a little bit of Christmas music?  The excuse is a some new songs from HWHW favorite Vanessa Peters.  Her last record was … Continue reading →

Belong – The Pains of Being Pure at Heart My Terrible Friend – The Pains of Being Pure at Heart The first record from The Pains of Being Pure at Heart was a fairly standard set of New Wave/Sarah Records … Continue reading →

Don’t Blame Your Daughter (Diamonds) – The Cardigans Herman Cain: I don’t have facts to back this up, but I happen to believe that these demonstrations are planned and orchestrated to distract from the failed policies of the Obama administration. … Continue reading →

Fat Lady Skank – Gangster Fun Christie was never going to get nominated, of course.  Not because he’s overweight (one of the more ridiculous memes of the recent cycle), but just because he had no obvious base.  It seems like … Continue reading →

Best Night – The War on Drugs Electro-folk, roots rock with Dylan or Petty-esque nasal twinge, a series of songs that turn putting-one-foot-down-after-the-other into a sort of apocalyptic elegy. Psychedelia mixed with synths mixed with saxophones mixed with whiskey. The … Continue reading →