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Another Fuck You Song – Against All Authority So Burris is going to be seated. Ugh. I know there isn’t really a legitimate reason to refuse him, but it just feels terrible. If it weren’t enough that he was appointed … Continue reading →

Light of Love – Music Go Music Music Go Music are from Los Angeles, but I’m not going to hold that against them, particularly since they sound far more like they’re from Sweden via Motown. While some of their other … Continue reading →

You Can’t Sexy Dance To Punk Rock – The Riot Before This is a song to get you all hot and bothered. It’s got that gritty snarl you’d expect from Against Me! or The Lawrence Arms. And beneath that there’s … Continue reading →

Zolpidem – The Sinister Turns Few records have stuck with me as well as the EP from The Sinister Turns (one of my favorite albums of 2007). It’s only five songs long, but each one is among my most listened … Continue reading →

If January is any indication, 2009 might be a very good year for music. I’ve heard a number of demos from Vanessa Peters’ new album (coming out in a couple weeks) and they’re uniformly amazing. The stuff out from Asobi … Continue reading →

Ashamed – Deer Tick My best of 2008 list featured a number of folk-driven (dare I say, Dylan-esque) acts. Here’s another one which missed making the cut, but nevertheless contains a number of very fine down-home touched and nasally-vocal songs. … Continue reading →

I Kissed a Banquet – Katy Perry vs. Bloc Party Helping to convince myself that “I Kissed a Girl” isn’t in fact as terrible a song as it seems – and thus easing my guilt for liking it so much. … Continue reading →

I’m back from LA, been to my first couple classes for the term, and am ready to get back to blogging. Here’s some tidbits, things I’ve been thinking about, some links, and a song… * One thing that drives me … Continue reading →

100 Resolutions – The Lawrence ArmsIn The New Year – The WalkmenNew Years – Asobi Seksu2006 – Hello SaferideMy Horoscope Said It Would Be a Bad Year – Beulah 2008 had its ups and downs. On the one hand, we … Continue reading →

Matt Yglesias: It’s weird for the Senate to get holier-than-thou about this given that one sitting senator is a family values advocate with a taste for hookers and that there was a bipartisan love-in staged on the occasion of Ted … Continue reading →