[The Dusty Shelf is a weekly column that showcases a tragically overlooked album from the music snob's library.]
Blue Cheer are perhaps the best of the forgotten 60s power trios. They only really had one great album (which makes them perfect for this column), but that album did nearly as much for the evolution of [...]
[The Dusty Shelf is a weekly column that showcases a tragically overlooked album from the music snob's library.]
R&B and soul music has an interesting and rather unique tradition compared to other pop subgenres in that reinterpretations of older songs is not only accepted, it is expected, and can even substitute new material. A rock [...]
Thao with the Get Down Stay Down have announced plans to release a new album this fall. The album will be titled Know Better Learn Faster and will be released on October 13 through Kill Rock Stars. Good news for anyone who, like me, thought We Brave Bee Stings and All was one of the [...]
We wrote just last week about the announcement of a new, biblically themed, Mountain Goats album about to be hitting stores. This week Darnielle and co. are announcing a full US tour with Final Fantasy and a few lose solo dates here (Ithaca, NY) and there (Berlin). Turns out that Owen from Final Fantasy loves [...]
Check out the new, Heath Ledger directed, video from Modest Mouse. It’s a bit of a gore-fest.
[The Dusty Shelf is a weekly column that showcases a tragically overlooked album from the music snob's library.]
Not all influential bands holds up to the test of time. King Crimson is one of those bands. But they are still worth mentioning here, if not for a song that spelled the birth of a whole subgenre [...]
