Just when you thought Gamble and Huff couldn’t possibly get any more adorable, I give you “Backstabbers.” Refusing to fade out at the end = classic.

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Bill Callahan “Diamond Dancer” (mp3) Wherein the guy who can claim affairs with Joanna Newsom and Chan Marshall lets his smarmy, folk-Lothario come to the musical fore in full [...]

First, some things I’ve learned in the Motown class I’m taking this summer:
1. Barrett Strong’s “Money” is very similar, rhythmically speaking, to Ray Charles’ “What’d I Say.” I’m not sure which came first (Charles’ song started as a live audience warmup, I think), but one of these guys clearly heard the other. [...]

Apologies for the extended absence, which is seeming like more of a trend lately, but I was finishing a less-than-typical semester. Will hopefully be publishing a readable version of the last 3 months’ work soon, in one place or another. I’ve had a few Forkcast posts up recently, and will no doubt have [...]

As most are well-aware by now, punk’s version of rebellion against its corporate masters has never (okay, almost never) been expressly dangerous, but always neatly contained within the realms of lyric and performance. Some of the best and funniest punk songs have taken actively cocky approaches to the music’s industrial situation, and “Cult [...]