Artist: Titus AndronicusLabel: The MonitorRelease date: March 9Label: XLMy wife thinks this project is destroying my taste in music. I know she’s frustrated that we can’t play the hits around the house for another 9.5 months. Believe me, I’m not too thrilled about it, either. But what are you gonna…
Artist: Ted Leo and the PharmacistsTitle: The Brutalist BricksRelease date: March 9Label: MatadorDid any of you watch the Oscars last night? Judging by what I saw on the Facebook this morning, it would appear I was one of the few who didn’t tune in. I like movies, but I just…
Artist: LiarsTitle: SisterworldRelease date: March 9Label: MuteThe liner notes to Liars new album indicates the trio recorded these 11 songs at 11 different locations. Ten spots in the Los Angeles area, the remaining song set to wax in Prague. The concept is kinda contrived, but whatever: They got a good…
The answer to your question: Yes, Mike Watt and his new band, The Missingmen, reached back nearly 30 years to pull out of the musical vault a play a handful of songs by Minutemen, the band that secured Watt’s legend as one of the best bass players in punk rock…
Artist: GorillazTitle: Plastic BeachRelease date: March 9Label: Parlophone/VirginThe cartoon band Gorillaz have a new record called Plastic Beach, and it’s pretty darn good. My only previous exposure to the band was the song “Feel Good Inc.,” which I really liked for its Ray Davies-esque chorus and cool bass line. Come…
Artist: Johnny CashTitle: American VI: Ain’t No GraveRelease date: February 23Label: American RecordingsI approached this new record from Johnny Cash with some skepticism. By the time these tracks were recorded, J.C. simply wasn’t singing very well anymore. The songs on “Ain’t No Grave” were recorded during the same sessions as the…
Artist: High on FireTitle: Snakes for the DivineRelease date: February 23Label: E1 MusicI dodged a bullet. Yesterday, I bet everyone a million dollars they couldn’t listen to the new two-hour-long triple album by critics’ darling Joanna Newsom in its entirety, front-to-back, more than once. A bunch of people wrote to…
Look at the list of players who didn’t score a single point in the second quarter of Monday night’s Phoenix Suns-Denver Nuggets game: Steve Nash, Amar’e Stoudemire, Carmelo Anthony, Chauncey Billups. Each a superstar; not one point among them. Of course, it’s difficult to score from the bench, where Nash…
Artist: Joanna NewsomTitle: Have One on MeRelease date: February 23Label: Drag CityWelcome to March. Tons of records are coming out this month that I plan to listen to: Liars, Ruby Suns, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Ted Leo, Drive-By Truckers, Dillinger Escape Plan, Dum Dum Girls, She & Him, and the…
Artist: Freeway & Jake OneTitle: The Stimulus PackageRelease date: February 16Label: RhymesayersMy editor, Martin Cizmar, loves hip-hop almost as much as he hates house shows. He loves N.W.A. and Jay-Z, and he knows I don’t have much use for the genre, which is why he asked to me give a…
Artist: Past LivesTitle: Tapestry of WebsRelease date: February 23Label: Suicide SqueezeDammit! I just read that The Rolling Stones will be re-issuing Exile on Main Street in May and that it’s going to have a bunch of extra tracks. I’ve got a copy of the double-album on vinyl (complete with the…
Artist: Shout Out LoudsTitle: WorkRelease date: February 23Label: MergeThe album’s title and no-nonsense cover art and design belie the breezy indie pop contained inside. Mind you, it’s not the wimpy and boring indie pop in the vein of, say, Vampire Weekend. The band’s crystaline sound may seem fragile, but there’s…
It has to be one of the biggest wins of the season for the Phoenix Suns, because so many things pointed to a loss as they headed into Oklahoma City on Tuesday night for their game against the Thunder: The Suns were only 14-16 on the road, the Thunder was…
Artist: Brian Jonestown MassacreTitle: Who Killed Sgt. Pepper?Release date: February 23Label: A. RecordsMy only exposure to Brian Jonestown Massacre was in that rock documentary DiG!, which followed the rise in popularity of BJM and kindred spirits/rivals The Dandy Warhols. The latter band eventually achieved some mainstream success while the former sabotaged…
Artist: ShearwaterTitle: The Golden ArchipelagoRelease date: February 23Label: MatadorThanks to the several people who wrote to me over the weekend after reading the music feature I wrote for the print edition of this week’s New Times. The feedback was mostly positively (this time, only one dude called me a pretentious…
Welcome to “Nothing Not New,” a yearlong project in which New Times editorial operations manager Jay Bennett, a 40-year-old music fan and musician, will listen only to music released in 2010. Each Monday through Friday, he will listen to one new record (no best ofs, reissues, or concert recordings) and…
Welcome to “Nothing Not New,” a yearlong project in which New Times editorial operations manager Jay Bennett, a 40-year-old music fan and musician, will listen only to music released in 2010. Each Monday through Friday, he will listen to one new record (no best ofs, reissues, or concert recordings) and…
If the Phoenix Suns’ game Wednesday night against the Dallas Mavericks was the last game with Amar’e Stoudemire in a Suns uniform, at least the All-Star went out with a bang. Stoudemire scored 30 points and grabbed 14 rebounds in the Suns’ 107-97 loss, which snapped the Suns’ five-game winning…
They say everyone’s a critic. That doesn’t include me, apparently. Even though I am paid to write about music — thanks to my role as a blogger responsible for writing about one new CD a day at www.NothingNotNew.com, an ostentatious yearlong project that has me listening to nothing not released…
Welcome to “Nothing Not New,” a yearlong project in which New Times editorial operations manager Jay Bennett, a 40-year-old music fan and musician, will listen only to music released in 2010. Each Monday through Friday, he will listen to one new record (no best ofs, reissues, or concert recordings) and…
Welcome to “Nothing Not New,” a yearlong project in which New Times editorial operations manager Jay Bennett, a 40-year-old music fan and musician, will listen only to music released in 2010. Each Monday through Friday, he will listen to one new record (no best ofs, reissues, or concert recordings) and…
Welcome to “Nothing Not New,” a yearlong project in which New Times editorial operations manager Jay Bennett, a 40-year-old music fan and musician, will listen only to music released in 2010. Each Monday through Friday, he will listen to one new record (no best ofs, reissues, or concert recordings) and…
