Kurt Weill

A whiff of Weimar-era Berlin...

RECORDINGS

Recordings

Copy Cats

In the tired realm of tribute albums, imitation is the sincerest form of flatulence

Calendar for the week

In the tired realm of tribute albums, imitation is the sincerest form of flatulence

Swing Set

New releases by Brian Setzer and Squirrel Nut Zippers test the staying power of the neo-swing movement

The Dresden Dolls

There is a Santa Claus

Marah

Angels of Destruction!
(Yep Roc)

The Top 10 Reissues of 2008

By Chris Gray It's time to rank the best of what went around and came around again. BILLY JOEL The Stranger (Columbia/Legacy) As punk and disco exploded, the Piano Man's deeply unhip 1978 breakthrough proved that top-shelf Broadway/Brill Building songwriting could still sell - and, occasionally, ... More >>

Mirah meets Modified

By Chris Gray It's time to rank the best of what went around and came around again. BILLY JOEL The Stranger (Columbia/Legacy) As punk and disco exploded, the Piano Man's deeply unhip 1978 breakthrough proved that top-shelf Broadway/Brill Building songwriting could still sell - and, occasionally, ... More >>

Mirah

By Chris Gray It's time to rank the best of what went around and came around again. BILLY JOEL The Stranger (Columbia/Legacy) As punk and disco exploded, the Piano Man's deeply unhip 1978 breakthrough proved that top-shelf Broadway/Brill Building songwriting could still sell - and, occasionally, ... More >>

Faun Fables

A Table Forgotten
(Drag City)

Thugs Life

Those who can

Barbez

Moody Teutonic stuff

Poe Lou

Lou Reed gets to interpret Edgar Allan Poe. He's excited.

Thalia Zedek

Been Here and Gone (Matador)

Fair to Middlin'

State fair means music -- and the most toothless people you'll ever see

Night & Day

December 31, 1998 - January 6, 1999

Thugs Life

Those who can

Emelie Autumn @ Nile Theater

Those who can

The Serene Dominic Show: World Class Thugs

World Class Thugs​If you've never heard World Class Thugs' heady mix of Americana, psychedelia, Kurt Weill and just plain ol' weird, might I suggest imagining what it might sound like if Scout, Jem and Dill of To Kill a Mockingbird making up songs about the creepy adults of that hot summer, tr ... More >>