/ may 2010

1. 05.19.2010 | 5:23 PM UTC

   Backwards + Forwards:
   New Music from MGMT + Broken Social Scene This will be short, time is scarce this week, but I’ve spent the day absorbing these two new records. Both quite good, if not a little surprising.   MGMT: Brian Eno MGMT’s 2005 debut,...

2. 05.12.2010 | 11:23 PM UTC

   Purple Prose for High Violet Terrible Love For the suburban teen, October is by far the cruelest month. Summer’s memory still lingers as the full force of winter fast approaches. Daylight Savings Time darkens the damp walk home...

3. 05.10.2010 | 7:23 PM UTC

   Paris. Pavement. OMFG. This slideshow includes an audio track. If you have a boss or sleeping baby, mute your speakers. Otherwise, crank it up! Matt, Scott and I were infants when the Velvet Underground released their firs...

4. 05.06.2010 | 8:23 AM UTC

   The National
   High Violet Tour 2010 Day 1: London The whirlwind three-city, four day tour begins, leaving JFK 10PM Tuesday night, arriving London Heathrow 9:30AM the next day. 3 hours sleep. 8 hours on a cramped plane seat, several train rides and a ...

5. 05.04.2010 | 7:09 PM UTC

   Elton or Lennon? Friend Bradyspud took this iPhone photo on an East Village sidewalk and asked me whom I thought the stencil rendering was intended to depict. Quite a riddle. It’s well known that John and Elton ...

/ apr 2010

1. 04.24.2010 | 10:23 UTC

   Keep It Simple, Stupid: A Response to Reader
   Comments on The New York Time’s article
   “The National Agenda” Everyone’s entitled to their opinion. And there’s no accounting for taste when it comes to something like pop music. I could easily be accused of bias and puckering up to The National lads’ ...

2. 04.16.2010 | 12:23 PM UTC

   Tax Man: The Marble Tea’s Sunny Afternoon Rock ‘n Read To quote from How To Get Ahead In Advertising: No one ever remembers a late delivery. They only remember a bad one. Well, seeing as this post is one day past due, I guess I better m...

3. 04.12.2010 | 11:23 PM UTC

   This Charming Man:
   Ethan Lipton & His Orchestra, Joe’s Pub NYC all photos Nikon D500s | 85mm f/1.8 3200 ISO | © maunet.com Why lead off this piece with a photo of anyone other than the man who charmed the pants off all those in attendance last night? Just look a...

4. 04.12.2010 | 7:23 PM UTC

   The Vocoder: New Vox for Sad Bastard Pop The vocal-bending gizmo known as the Vocoder has made it’s voice heard in a smattering of 20th/21st century recordings. And while it’s been employed by performers as varied as Neil Young, ...

5. 04.03.2010 | 6:23 PM UTC

   Bemoaning Digital Music: Get Over It I think it was Gene Simmons that said “if it’s too loud, you’re too old.” Having reached that age, I must admit “it” is in fact very often “too loud.” B...