Human Beings on Paper: Ab-Soul and Kendrick Lamar
Soul: Just the mayhem. You know what I'm saying, the extra, extra pills. Things like that. People are easily influenced.…
Author: Matt Conover
A Tiny Pebble Hitting a Huge Pond – An Interview with Bruce Fein
It's very difficult to have a bad conversation with Bruce Fein. In his answers to my questions about deeply troubling…
Review Review: Bloc Party’s Four
The personal pronoun "I" appears a dozen times in the review in reference to me (it also appears several times…
Show Review: Okkervil River at the Jefferson
I am inclined to tell you these things largely because my sangria-addled mind was almost totally unable to recognize and/or…
Review: Nas – Life Is Good
“Before there was an audience to watch us / I assure you, there was a process.” Nas has had one…
YOU COMPLETE IDIOT: My Gwar Experience
Why does the beverage Jagermeister hold such appeal to Gwar? BECAUSE IT GETS YOU WASTED, YOU COMPLETE IDIOT. ...Read on…
A Fragrant Interview with Yeasayer’s Anand Wilder
When I called Anand Wilder, the lead guitarist and designated press mouthpiece for Yeasayer, he didn’t pick up, Three times.…
Interview: Budd Carr on Savages and Having the Best Job in the World
Budd Carr has one of the more easily envied job that I have ever heard of; he picks out the…
Review: Twin Shadow’s Confess Explores the Art of Escape
The act of riding a motorcycle puts before safety and stability, impulse, adrenaline and image. For George Lewis Jr., it’s…
My Confusion: One More Perspective on the Recent Fiasco at the University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA June 18, 2012 I headed towards Grounds about an hour before the Board of Visitors meeting…