All Smiles

Jim Fairchild kept busy after the devolution of Grandaddy. In 2006, following the breakup of the now defunct Modesto, California act, Fairchild worked briefly as a touring guitarist with Modest Mouse, and also played with Earlimart, Lackthereof, and Great Northern. He then moved on to Portland, Oregon – with a brief detour through Chicago while […]

Dri

Finally getting to this e-mail that’s been sitting in my inbox for a couple days now. A press release on Lawrence, Kansas artist DRI (from Adrianne Verhoeven). I had not heard her before I got the e-mail, but I took a quick listen and loved her voice. But I didn’t have the words to write […]

Jump In The Pool by Friendly Fires

Who : Friendly Fires from St. Albans, UK.
What : Can you imagine a better song to hear during this sunny weather? Check out this British three-piece who are blowing up right now. Even though since 2006 they’ve put out discs on People In The Sky (EP called Photobooth ) and Moshi Moshi (EP called Cross […]

Pop Montreal 2008

So far so good. CONFIRMED ARTISTS: Burt Bacharach, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Hot Chip, The Persuasions, Dan Deacon, Cori Bishop (aka Elyse Weinberg), United Steel Workers of Montreal, The Dodos, Liam Finn, Wintersleep, Dark Meat, Headlights, Playdoe, Dabaaz, Kim, Eric B諡nger, The Veils, WIRE, Crystal Castles, Black Kids, St Catherines, Vetiver, Silver Apples, […]