APRIL 2008

1. Owl City | Hello Seattle
2. The Magnetic Fields | Drive On, Driver
3. Tapes ‘n Tapes | Hang Them All
4. Born Ruffians | Barnacle Goose
5. Be Your Own Pet | The Kelly Affair Continue Reading

MARCH 2008

1. Tapes ‘n Tapes | Le Ruse
2. Teddybears | Little Stereo (feat. Daddy Boastin’)
3. Lupe Fiasco | Dumb It Down (feat. Gemstone & Graham Burris)
4. Neon Neon | Trick For Treat (feat. Spank Rock & Sean Tillmann)
5. Cadence Weapon | Unsuccessful Club Nights Continue Reading

JANUARY 2008

1. The Hood Internet | I Believe You Should Looka Here
2. Animal Collective | Peacebone
3. Ghostface Killah | We Celebrate (feat. Kid Capri)
4. Lupe Fiasco | Gold Watch
5. The Hood Internet | Some Cut Like A Knife Continue Reading

After a two-week whirlwind the Olympics are over.  Whew. I am undoubtedly a lifelong fan of the Olympics, both summer and winter, but the time commitment is grueling.  A four-hour primetime broadcast for 15 days straight, with additional daytime coverage and a late night recap?! I had to talk myself out of buying a six-pack of Snuggies and riding out the entire two weeks on the couch.  Thank god for DVR.  Employing this little technological miracle to speed through commercials, I was able to slash the extensive primetime sessions into a streamlined 2.5 hour chunk of non-stop adrenaline.  Further implementation of LEAN techniques (read, “situational fast-forwarding”) enabled me to carve out an additional 30 – 45 minutes, during the following: Continue Reading

Photos | Mike Swor

In the electro-wiki-twitter-youface-dot.com era of music, bands scream to the forefront, riding tidal waves of blog hype, but are just as quickly sucked back into the vast sea of “who’s got next.”  However, Hockey, a Portland-based 5-some are steadily making their way forward amidst throngs of bands vying for the attention of critics and labels.  While their biggest fan base seems to remain on the west coast of the States, the word is spreading, and not just in English.  Still, there is so much work, work, work to be done and I aim to find out what keeps them afloat.  On the evening of their *SOLD OUT* show at the Casbah, in San Diego, CA, I track down bassist Jeremy “Jerm” Reynolds, and singer Ben Grubin at a local pizza place and between bites they tell me the story of Hockey. Continue Reading

DECEMBER 2007

1. Mobius Band | Friends Like These
2. Ra Ra Riot | Each Year
3. White Rabbits | The Plot
4. The Blakes | Two Times
5. Atmosphere | Watch Out Continue Reading

OCTOBER 2007

1. Jamie T | Sheila
2. The Cribs | Men’s Needs
3. Yeah Yeah Yeahs | Down Boy
4. Rogue Wave | Lake Michigan
5. Ra Ra Riot | Ghost Under Rocks Continue Reading