Tag archive for ‘September/October 2007’
PATRICK PARK > Everyone’s In Everyone
As everyone from Bruce Springsteen to Conor Oberst will tell you, writing a political song is not for the faint of heart, as there is no quicker route to looking like an amateur than believing you can change the world with a sub-par pop song.
MARY GAUTHIER > Between Daylight and Dark
…we like Ms. Gauthier best when she stays out of the daylight.
LEGENDS OF THE CHELSEA HOTEL > Living With the Artists and Outlaws of New York’s Rebel Mecca by Ed Hamilton
Aside from Hamilton’s occasional insertion of bland declarative sentences-i.e. “The Chelsea is a mix of permanent residents and transients,” he deftly unsews the lining of Chelsea’s cheaply stitched secrets with the quickness of a nimble-handed seamstress. The room where Sid stabbed Nancy, the place Edie Sedgwick caught on fire, and the song about Leonard Cohen’s [...]
JOSE GONZALEZ > In Our Nature
At times haunting, and often overflows with profound searching and yearning…
TOWNCRAFT > Notes From A Local Scene
Writer-director-narrator Richard Matson tells a righteous story.
SONIC YOUTH > Daydream Nation 2007 Deluxe edition
Since 1988, few albums have matched the splendor of Daydream Nation.
LORI MCKENNA > Unglamorous
How the songs are recorded isn’t nearly as important as the emotional octane in her voice and the way she drips details like candle wax, searing what she sees into your flesh…
STEVE EARLE: The Last Hardcore Troubadour
“I mean, I set out to make a folk record, really, but arrived at it through hip-hop.”
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