Author Archives: olneyce

I’m inclined to agree with Steven Benen and Jesse Taylor about the latest stunt from McCain: the decision to “suspend” the campaign in order to focus on the financial crisis. Steven Benen points out the complete absurdity of this: “Apparently, … Continue reading →

So I attended my first concert as a California resident, heading up to San Francisco for the awesome Sunday lineup at the Treasure Island Music Festival. I’m not really one for concert reviews, so I’ll simply provide a few fleeting … Continue reading →

Parallels are endless – Starring Me I think it’s time to officially declare 2008 the year of stunningly beautiful atmospheric dream pop. I was feeling kind of down about the generally mediocre state of new music this year, but if … Continue reading →

Following up on the School of Seven Bells song I posted yesterday, here’s another track to keep you in that hazy trance of trippy ambient beats. Eyes O’ Eyes (Brooke Waggoner remix) – Interstates To be honest, I’m not a … Continue reading →

Kinder Words – The Mighty Mighty Bosstones For months, all you’d hear from the lefty blogs was hand wringing about how Obama wasn’t “going on the attack,” wasn’t fighting back, and (god forbid) was tossing in the occasional comment about … Continue reading →

Connjur – School Of Seven Bells Sometimes you hear a song and it instantly clicks. You realize that you’ve been wandering around for days in a stuffy room, and then suddenly the window opens and in bursts a fresh breeze. … Continue reading →

Start a War – The National Alright, I give up. Clearly, I’m not capable of avoiding politics right now. As much as I’d like to keep the music portion of my life detached from the academic and political junkie portions, … Continue reading →

There’s just something about that late 90s Modest Mouse sound that never fails to astonish me. I mean, there’s Isaac Brock’s voice for one. But the true defining feature has to be that guitar. The way it can simply rip … Continue reading →

Hunter requests a post on the new Girl Talk album Feed the Animals, and in typical fashion I respond after a delay of a couple months. He comments that: politically, i obviously sympathize with the anti-intellectual-property idea. but i also … Continue reading →

Okay, back to the music. Let’s begin with a record I’ve been sitting on for almost a year Liberation by Austin’s AM Syndicate. I put it in the “to review” stack last December, when it was brand new, and have … Continue reading →