Comparative Reality

After years of trying to avoid the inevitable, I'm finally sucking it up and loading all my cds into my ipod. I've been using it as an radio alternative, streaming online radio stations and copying a hundred or so mp3s at a time to the ipod, or else lis… more »

So Christopher Lee is recording a metal album (or at least a metal-like album) about Charlemagne. Obviously, that's pretty awesome. But you know what would be completely, utterly awesome? Capital-A Awesome? Or, mostly likely, even more awesome than… more »

Nat Johnson and the Figureheads Some of her songs (see the two demos) sound like a more upbeat, folksier Cat Power. But don't writer her off as yet another folksy singer-songwriter until you listen to "Dirty Rotten Soul". It's a brilliant, two-and-a-… more »

Action Painters Catchy indie rock which hasn't been overproduced into something bland, artificially shiny, and boring. Listen to their woxy Lounge Act. more »

This week: Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears. Will you like them? Well, do you like James Brown? Ha ha ha! That's a trick question! Everybody likes James Brown! Because if you don't like James Brown, you don't like music. (To be completel… more »