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Effed Up @ ATP
Here's a video of the great Fucked Up performing yesterday at All Tomorrow's Parties/New York. Just a random 2 minutes 30 seconds of Pink Eyes and crew (and fans) doing their thing -- this video could...
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Cool ‘Boardwalk Empire’ posters
I was stopped in my tracks at Grand Central Station the other day by these posters for Martin Scorsese’s new TV thing, “Boardwalk Empire.” These are the only ones I was able to easily track down...
View ArticleHow to read Pitchfork’s Corin Tucker review
Earlier this year, my colleague Jon Caramanica suggested that Pitchfork had entered its establishment phase: no longer a scrappy upstart with an outsider perspective, it now effectively defines tastes...
View ArticleFour-word reviews from CMJ 2010
Marnie Stern: Mix buries guitar. Crime!Dent May: Despite shtick, lyrical songcraft.DOM: Garage-rock as vidgame.Baths: Falsetto humanizes wobbly chilltronica.The Loom: Appalachian garment, angst-y...
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Best of 2010
My top 20:1. Sufjan Stevens, The Age of Adz2. Laura Marling, I Speak Because I Can3. Sleigh Bells, Treats4. Sharon Van Etten, Epic5. Teenage Fanclub, Shadows6. Best Coast, Crazy for You7. Kanye West,...
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‘Mean Old Jews Who Crucify My Lord’
A holiday classic, by Sister Albertha Harris Lewis.Label image from TheHoundBlog.
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Who I buried in 2010
Willie MitchellJay ReatardKate McGarrigleDoug Fieger of the KnackMark Linkous, a.k.a. SparklehorseJim MarshallPete Quaife of the KinksTuli KupferbergSolomon BurkeTeena MarieIt will also always be sad...
View ArticleQuestlove on Clyde Stubblefield
I interviewed Clyde Stubblefield, who was one of James Brown’s key drummers from 1965 to 1971. He played on “Cold Sweat,” which needs no introduction, and “Funky Drummer,” perhaps the most sampled beat...
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Charles Thompson ‘Doolittle’ interview, 1989
Conducted by Roy Trakin, and available on Rock’s Backpages.
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A conversation with Brian Eno
I had the great privilege of interviewing Brian Eno about his new album, “Drums Between the Bells.” He’s one of the gods that I can now cross off the list, and he was a completely kind, charming...
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You're still someone if Steve Jobs never called you at 3 a.m.
I was just sitting at home late one night, counting my money, when the phone rang. "It's Steve. That column you wrote was a piece of crap. Here are my ideas for the next iPod, iPad, manned space...
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My best of 2011
Top 10:1. Cass McCombs, Wit’s End (Domino)2. James Blake (A&M/Atlas)3. PJ Harvey, Let England Shake (Vagrant)4. Tune-Yards, Whokill (4AD)5. Laura Marling, A Creature I Don’t Know (Domino)6. Wye...
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Who I buried in 2011
Don Kirshner, Brill Building-era music publisher, TV hostRoger Nichols, sound engineer for Steely DanGil Scott-HeronClarence ClemonsAmy WinehouseNick AshfordFrank Dileo, Michael Jackson’s managerJimmy...
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Talking 2011 on WFUV
As part of my critic rotation duties on the WFUV Music Review— after doing it every week for a few years, I now alternate with Anthony DeCurtis and Josh Baron — I went on the air the other day to talk...
View ArticleTo rock, to roll, to sing the muse
Here is the poem that Donovan read at his Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction, on Saturday night in Cleveland. He said it "came to me" when he learned that he had "finally" been inducted (although he...
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