Recent Comments
Re: “Delta Rae's Carry the Fire”
The editorializing in the announcement of the band's signing was reprehensible -- that's what blog posts are for -- but reviewing records is Grayson's job, folks, not cheerleading. And I think he explained pretty even-handedly where he feels the record fails and succeeds, and put the record in a broader context. Are y'all just used to getting your record reviews from People Magazine?
Re: “Bon Iver's long wager”
That's the best damn Bon Iver piece I've ever read.
Re: “Schoolkids in Chapel Hill to close; Redeye Distribution passes on offer to purchase”
Sh*t that is really depressing. I also did not know about UNC-CH offering Ruckus. (Speaking for my label Urban Myth, we have yet to net $10 based on hundreds of Ruckus streams.) While I certainly remember with sympathy how broke I was in college, a healthy appetite for recorded music was at least half the reason for my brokeness. I guess what we need now is legislation to make AT&T and Time Warner Cable pay _something_ to music creators out of the $40 they extort monthly thanks to goverment-sanctioned mono- and duopolies. It might happen in Canada and Europe but I'm not exactly holding my breath here.
Re: “How Wesley Wolfe hand-lathes a record”
Stop splitting hairs everyone. Aside from the lucky ones whose parents had a decent component system rusting in the attic, the urban outfitters crosley turntables most indie kids are armed with are the analogue equivalent of apple earbuds anyhow.