The fact that Princeton made some songs about famous dead writers has only fueled more crazy assumptions that they’re both creative and smart. It can only help them get girls, which means heartache, which means more material to translate into their signature string-and-synth pop. This interview by Daiana Feuer.
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Live reviews
ZIG ZAG WANDERER: CHARLIE AND THE MOONHEARTS, ANDY CLOCKWISE AND RUBY FRIEDMAN
Bug-eyed and bearded, the man called Clockwise stalked the tiny space like mad Nero, laying down strophes of punk, pop, and wonky soul that sound like nothing you’ve ever really heard out of those or any other genre. Music as fresh and original as this is what starts the wheels of cult bandwagons turning and Clockwise tears through his own material with the righteous force of one of those Ideas Whose Time has Come you used to hear so much about.
ST. VITUS + TOTIMOSHI + SAVIOURS + ANCESTORS @ ULTRAVIOLET SOCIAL CLUB
St. Vitus steamrolled over us, like some kind of unstoppable collection of slow-moving gears and belts chomping flesh and bone into mush in its gruesome machinery. The years have not diminished their skill or their energy.
MIKE WATT & THE SECONDMEN @ ALEX’S BAR
When he began to play, looking like a drunk, face glazed with sweat and mouth askew, it took a while to reconcile the image of Mike Watt with what was happening with his hands and face and body. Much like when you see something shocking on the street—like people having sex or a grizzly car accident—there’s a lag time between the sensory and intellectual registration of what’s going on.
BOWERBIRDS @ THE ECHO
If I had to describe their music in my way I’d say it’s music for small gods. Good gods, but small. In other words, music for good hearted super humans on the rise, but not quite at Heaven’s gate. Go Bowerbirds and go world.
Album reviews
BOBB BRUNO: TOP TEN METAL ALBUMS OF THE 2000S
At the end of the day, Bobb Bruno really just wants to grind corpses into the fields of despair.
DAEDELUS: TOP TEN ALBUMS OF THE AUGHTIES
I am exempting any sounds I had even the slightest part of, even if I think them to be strong contenders for this list. Sorry Madvillian, Jogger, Long Lost, etc!
DRAMARAMA: TOP TEN ALBUMS OF THE AUGHTIES
Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, Jorma Kaukonen – Blue Country Heart, The Dandy Warhols – Welcome to the Monkey House…
