Arcade Fire "Funeral" |
Arcade Fire
"Funeral" (Merge, 2004)
In the fall of 2004, a debut album from a relatively unknown Montreal band was released by Merge records. It slowly garnered rave reviews from websites, blo...
Posted by jackie. on Mon, 04 Jun 2007 02:45:00 PST |
Wilco "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot" |
Wilco
"Yankee Hotel Foxtrot" (Nonesuch, 2002)
I think at this point, we all know the story: Band breaks in two. One becomes Son Volt, the other becomes Wilco. Wilco signs to Reprise records (a...
Posted by jackie. on Tue, 15 May 2007 04:22:00 PST |
Joanna Newsom "Ys" |
Joanna Newsom
"Ys"(Drag City 2006)
When I first heard Joanna Newsom's debut album, The Milk-Eyed Mender, I quickly fell in love with her peculiar voice and her rapturous plucking of her Lyon ...
Posted by jackie. on Mon, 14 May 2007 11:37:00 PST |
Neutral Milk Hotel "In the Aeroplane Over the Sea" |
*I'm a complete nerd and easily bored, so thus begins write-ups on albums that I really like. Again: nerd.*
Neutral Milk Hotel
"In the Aeroplane Over the Sea" (Merge)
I'm guessing that ...
Posted by jackie. on Mon, 14 May 2007 10:48:00 PST |
Albums of 2006 |
1. Joanna Newsom "Ys"
Ys is by far, one of the most ambitious and potentially polarizing albums to be released this year. Some will b...
Posted by jackie. on Thu, 15 Feb 2007 09:32:00 PST |
2006 Concerts of the Year |
2006 Concerts of the Year1. Radiohead @ The Greek Theatre: U.C. Berkeley, June 23 & 24, 2006What a difference a change of venue makes. I had seen Radiohead previously at the Shoreline Amphitheatre...
Posted by jackie. on Tue, 09 Jan 2007 09:35:00 PST |
2006 Songs of the Year |
And so, my top 50 songs of 2006:
50. "LDN" Lily Allen
This is the girl who became the MySpace superstar. Unlike other MySpace "celebrities", Miss Allen deserves all the accolades she receives. Her swe...
Posted by jackie. on Wed, 20 Dec 2006 11:54:00 PST |
The Lost Art of the Music Video |
Turn on the TV to MTV or VH1. Chances are you won't be seeing a music video. How did these two channels (not to mention MTV2) start out as "music television" become channles that air shows, many of wh...
Posted by jackie. on Thu, 31 Aug 2006 10:58:00 PST |
Matthew Barney - Drawing Restraint 9 |
Much has been made of Matthew Barneys new endeavor, Drawing Restraint 9 now on view at the SFMOMA. Critics and viewers have been shar...
Posted by jackie. on Wed, 02 Aug 2006 11:19:00 PST |
subterranean homesick alien |
I saw Radiohead this past weekend. I went to both shows at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley and it was by far two of the best shows I've ever been to. The sets were different each night (aside from the n...
Posted by jackie. on Tue, 27 Jun 2006 09:26:00 PST |
