Luke Temple’s voice sure sounds like Paul Simon’s on a few of his tracks as Here We Go Magic, but this ain’t no Kodachrome. I wrote a bit more about the new album here, and if I were to craft a more direct metaphor to a form of media it resembles, or to the [...]

After my last post discussing the indie behemoth known as Pitchfork, I received a bevy of different responses—some in the comments section, more directed to me in a sideways fashion during conversation (begins: “I know you don’t like Pitchfork, but…”). All have directed my attention at Pitchfork more than ever—trying to examine exactly what [...]

During a conversation with a friend (over IM, naturally) the other day, he asked me for my recommendations for the “next big thing.” Assuming he meant music, I quickly sorted my iTunes by date, scrolled down to 2005, and began reciting bands in reverse alphabetical order: Wilderness, Tom Vek, Sufjan Stevens, Russian Futurists, Pitty Sing, [...]