UPDATES ARE COMING.....................21 AUG 2010
We're not entirely moribund, we promise. It's just been a bad summer. New content to come over the next several weeks, including concert photos (David Wax Museum, the Old 97s, A.A. Bondy, and Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears), reviews, and another gallery of bad album covers.
 
HELP ROSIE.......................................21 APR 2010
Rosie Flores fell several days ago, and badly broke her arm. Health insurance being what it is in the U.S. (non-existent for most artists and musicians), things are a bit difficult for Rosie right now. If you can spare a buck or two, toss it Rosie's way. ............ MORE...
 
FEATURED REVIEW...........................19 APR 2010
Artist:
DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS
Album:
THE BIG TO-DO

Label:
ATO RECORDS
Release Date:
16 MARCH 2010
Everyone's favorite southern-fried slingers are back with thirteen tunes culled from a set of sessions that saw them track twice that number. (The rest, we are told, will surface soon on a disc tentatively titled Go-Go Boots.)

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ALEX CHILTON R.I.P..........................17 MAR 2010
 
2009 IN REVIEW..................................22 FEB 2010
Our year-end top ten list, after the jump. Yeah, we're a little behind. (Insert appropriate platitude here.)

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CHEEZEBALL MIX TAPE #20..............11 JAN 2010
VOLUME #20 IN OUR ONGOING SERIES OF CAREFULLY
CHOSEN, OBSESSIVELY ORDERED COMPILATIONS IS HERE.
 
ONE-TRACK SMACKDOWN................14 DEC 2009
Artist:
SON VOLT
Album:
AMERICAN CENTRAL DUST

Song:
"SULTANA"
Release Date:
07 JULY 2009
2009 was a busy year for Jay Farrar: July saw the release of Son Volt’s latest, American Central Dust, and October brought One Fast Move or I'm Gone, Farrar's collaboration with Death Cab for Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard.

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CHEEZEBALL MIX TAPE #19..............14 SEP 2009
VOLUME #19 IN OUR ONGOING SERIES OF CAREFULLY
CHOSEN, OBSESSIVELY ORDERED COMPILATIONS IS HERE.
 
LIVE DYLAN COMPILATION #5.........10 AUG 2009
There are so many Dylan boots floating around, a person hardly knows where to begin. From time to time, we throw together a compilation.

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DIGITAL VICTROLA............................09 JUL 2009

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RECOMMENDED LISTENING...........25 MAY 2009

We've sorted through stacks of recent releases to bring you five recommendations: the latest from Ronnie Fauss, Neko Case, The Felice Brothers, Conor Oberst & the Mystic Valley Band, and Scott H. Biram.

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LATEST UPDATES

23 AUG 2010 - A. A. BONDY PHOTOS
22 AUG 2010 - OLD 97S PHOTOS
21 AUG 2010 - UPCOMING RELEASES UPDATED
20 AUG 2010 - DAVID WAX MUSEUM PHOTOS

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PEOPLE STILL READ BOOKS?
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