DOWNLOAD: Lowry - "Whiskey" (from Love is Dead ) " Deep and melancholy, yet enlightened and full of hope, Lowry's Love is Dead breaks all the rules of indie rock and then manages to sound as approachable and alluring as The Shins. " –Skope Magazine Lowry hit the mainstream press in 2008 with their CD Love is Dead (Engine Room Recording) and an appearance at All Points West. The band is playing a series of residency shows at Spike Hill every Thursday [...]

It's award season! Can you feel it in the air? The Golden Globe nominations are already creating Oscar predictions, Ryan Seacrest is polishing his lifts and red carpets are being shampooed into a glory befitting of Angelina Jolies pumps. The Screen Actors Guild Awards Nominees were announced today and basically the SAG awards are actors patting each other on the back. Regardless, it's a chance to flaunt fashionable creations and I hate to equate it to the prom, but that is pretty much what it is. I am pulling for Meryl Streep for her performance in "Julie [...]

Here's an alphabetic list of all the reviews until now. Aaron Nazrul - Butterfly Man Canada is coming on strong, this year. I will not namedrop... (Except that Jenn Grant , and her wonderful song "dreamer" (from her [...]

Lambs Laughter at Brainwaves 2008 Monday, April 27 Windy & Carl , Benoit Pioulard , Lambs Laughter at Oxfam Cafe (FREEEEEE, 8:00, all ages) I was psyched for this show only knowing that Windy & Carl were playing. But then I saw that Benoit Pioulard and Lambs Laughter were also on the bill and I almost fainted. Lambs Laughter is Windy & Thomas Meluch (of Benoit Pioulard) and I saw them play at Brainwaves last November and it was earth shattering. In a good way. [...]
Going to SXSW next week? Like me, I'm sure you've already got way too many bands on your schedule. However in this age of way too much fucking noise, as a public service to you indie-rockers, punk rockers, hip-hoppers and pill poppers, SVB has been scouring the massive South By schedule to point out what I consider bands not to miss. In case you missed the first two parts of my Best Bets series, here you go: SXSW Best Bets Pt 1 SXSW Best [...]
I was on 20th Street at the time, two and a half miles from Ground Zero. I went into my office and everyone was in the conference room watching the events unfold on television. All of my co-workers were horrified and many were weeping. Soon after I arrived in the conference room, the television showed [...] I was on 20th Street at the time, two and a half miles from Ground Zero. I went into my office and everyone was in the conference room watching the events unfold on television. All of my co-workers were horrified and many were weeping. [...]