An orange.A disposable pen.A busted James Taylor vinyl. A.. a… a dollar bill… (this is tough)… Or this (digitally): On sale at Amazon for the next couple weeks. One dollar. Like, right here. (We’re still working on the next volume.) Other news: Brown Bird’s final album is coming out. Tomorrow. We’ll give a (timely) update on it on Wednesday.You’ll be surprised, shocked, combobulated. Again, on Wed.Enjoy!-Mgmt.Read More →
Calexico – Edge of the SunAnti / City Slang-out April 144 / 5 It’s a return to everything we love about Calexico: swirling sand dunes, flamenco beats, mariachi swagger. The Tuscon, AZ sextet to their ninth studio album in a nearly twenty-year lifespan. How many things last twenty years? A good car? A stable marriage? If a band is in part a marriage of musicians, then we’d have assumed Calexico’s marriage to have grown quite stale and predictable by now. And on Edge of the Sun, band co-founders Joey Burns (vocals, guitar) and John Convertino (percussion) show that Calexico’s spark is alive and well. ToRead More →
Morning fellow readers!We have had a bit of a rollercoaster this past week. We apologize for any panic we may have induced amongst you, as well as for having rescheduled our reviews, etc. this week. Last night, we’d gotten word from aforementioned PR firm (www.truebelieversbelieve.com) that sounded like they were going to drop, or at least scale back the legal language they were using against us. They also seemed to have dropped any reference to not using their name/website/twitter handle on here. We’re assuming the threat of litigation has passed (when in doubt, lawyer up). As our heart clamors for justice, or at the veryRead More →
Just as it sounds. Business libel. No papers yet.We’re anticipating on needing to rely on you, dear beautiful readers, in case we need to provide a retainer (for the lawyer) + aspirin expenses + rocketship fuel. To go to a planet where this kind of stuff doesn’t happen. (Perhaps Saturn? Stevie Wonder seems to recommend it.) We’ll keep you abreast of any new updates. And apologies to Calexico! We were going to throw up a review of Edge of the Sun but that has apparently been derailed. One line review: if you’re a fan of Calexico, definitely buy it. We’ll have to put up theRead More →