Jan 23, 2012 Music Issue #39 - Best of 2011

On sophomore album Something, Chairlift holds tight to their origin as the bastard child of Enya and Tears for Fears—or, if you believe press releases, creators of music for haunted houses. More

Jan 20, 2012 DVDs Web Exclusive

Live in Texas 1978 is a wonderful complement to the recent deluxe reissue of Some Girls, finding the Stones stripped down to its essential elements in a concert that featured seven songs from that album. Don't be fooled by the disco song. This is rock and roll at its most vital.

Jan 19, 2012 Music Issue #39 - Best of 2011

In Fellini's 81/2, the movie's protagonist, tired of being stuck in traffic, leaves his body and floats over the cars and out toward the sea. Italian musician Mauro Remiddi (who writes and performs as Porcelain Raft) might sympathize. More

Jan 18, 2012 Music Issue #39 - Best of 2011

Welsh singer/songwriter Cate Le Bon opens her latest album CYRK with the jangling, infectious "Falcon Eyed," a carousing rocker that sounds like Nico if she had stuck around with The Velvet Underground long enough to be a part of Loaded. More

Jan 16, 2012 Books Web Exclusive

Sybil Exposed is a fascinating examination of the truth behind the subject of the 1973 bestseller Sybil and the "multiple personality" case that revolutionized the psychotherapy industry and the study of psychology. More

Jan 15, 2012 Music Issue #39 - Best of 2011

It's actually kinda disheartening to think that The Big Pink have yet to cross over into chart-bound profitability. It certainly isn't for lack of trying; their ballsy 2009 debut, A Brief History of Love, was so thoroughly packed with confident hooks some writers were almost offended by the duo's perceived arrogance. More

Jan 14, 2012 Live

Jonathan Bates is crazy. More

Jan 10, 2012 Books Web Exclusive

Nick Attfield's book doesn't just cover Dinosaur Jr.'s 1987 full-length, You're Living All Over Me. The adroit author also touches on the Deep Wound era and the reunion tours after Beyond and Farm.  More

Jan 04, 2012 Music Issue #39 - Best of 2011

It's about time! After a 15 year hiatus, the "classic lineup" of Guided By Voices-Robert Pollard, Tobin Sprout, Mitch Mitchell, Greg Demos, and Kevin Fennell—has finally returned to the studio for its first album of new material since 1996's Under the Bushes, Under the Stars. More