During my freshman year of college, I was constantly strapped for cash. It wasn't like I was poor—money had been set aside for my first semester that was to be used for food and books—but my mother made the mistake of telling me that I could spend whatever money I had left over at the [...]
My man Jeff Mueller has had three seminal bands that were/are all vastly unappreciated: Rodan, June of 44, and the still-active Shipping News. Each of these groups had their own individual sound, but in a way one can trace the evolution of common member Mueller from one to the next. Save Everything, Shipping News' excellent [...]
Gli Shipping News nascono mentre i June of 44 sono ancora vivi, vegeti ed arroganti nel far impallidire il resto del mondo. E' il 1996 quando Jeff Mueller e Jason Noble (immerso nel classicismo dei Rachel's) decidono di tornare insieme, dopo aver già generato- uniti- il solo disco seminale di una band altrettanto seminale [...]
Okay so I'm a little jealous of Axl and Vince manning up and scalping CL tix to go see the always-magnificent TOOL play later today in smelly Jersey.....fumes/Aquanet/festi val crowds aside, that shiz is clearly gonna rip. And in reminiscing back to when that particular band started, I can't help but think about some other under-the-radar groups [...]

Time out. I think we all need to take a moment to reflect on this past year, and share how each of our lives has changed in the 365 days since the death of Steve Irwin. Oh yeah, you probably forgot all about that, didn't you? You forgot all about rare stingray attacks, and the fact that their barbs are sharp enough to kill a man. You just figured stingrays were those weird, flat-looking things you can touch at the aquarium. What's worse, you forgot all about Steve's poor widow Terri, and their two children, son Robert and daughter Bindi. [...]
1. Grizzly Bear - 'On A Neck On A Spit' 2. Jeff Mueller - 'Formed In Atoms' 3. Oxes - 'Panda Strong' 4. Wives - 'Babies' 5. Sufjan Stevens - 'Holland' half a dozen. Golden Smog - '5-22-02' 7. They Shoot Horses Don't They - [...]