Tag Archives: Animal Collective

Money vs. The Mummy (in 3-D!)

Monday I mentioned how I had to abandon my plans to give scantily clad women money in exchange for the opportunity to watch them shake their butts in honor of my birthday. But today’s post is about a pair of bands who’ve released albums that’re actually about currency and gyrating one’s posterior. Founded by Chicagoan Matt […]

This Jookabox Has More Hits Than the Fonz’s

As much of a bummer as it is to admit, my All Hallows’ Eve was spent neither handing out nor stuffing my face with candy treats. No, the inner-city in the year 2008 just isn’t the most trick-or-treating-friendly locale. Instead, my Friday night activities included a lengthy conversation with my lady-friend about how […]

“I Just Wanna Stay In the Garage All Night”

How many people who live in walk-up apartments have a garage? I know I don’t have one! Come to think of it, I can’t recall ever having a garage! Even during times when my family owned an automobile we never had a garage. And the people I’ve known who were members […]

Short Piers and Space Travelers

Last week one of my absolute favorite bands in the world — Athens, Georgia-based Indie-Pop sextet of Montreal — released “Id Engager,” the first single from their forthcoming ninth full-length album Skeletal Lamping. That album, which doesn’t hit stores until October 7th, is one of, if not the most anticipated release of the year […]

“HLLLYH” Sounds Like It Could’ve Come Right After “Izza Kizza” on “Double Dutch Bus”

The abundance of quality mixtapes and free downloads that I alluded to in Monday’s post has kept me pretty preoccupied over the last year or so. That’s awesome and all, because it’s renewed my faith in a format I’d become disenchanted with and given me countless new reasons to love Hip-Hop and appreciate it’s […]