Diary of Musical Thoughts

If we assume that all mixed albums are required to represent what is hot at a particular time (a contentious assumption to be sure, but I th...

Ten seconds into his audition, I knew I wanted to see Taylor Hicks in the top twenty four, and figured he was just enough of a unique fringe...

As Oren Ambarchi's adds layer after layer to his gentle bass tones, building them into a cavernous noise and then back to near silence a...

It's time to add Bardo Pond to the list of bands that made an unexpectedly great album in 2006. Yes, Bardo Pond, the same band that made...

I got what I wanted -- the Taylor/Kat finale -- but I found myself rooting for Elliott rather vociferously in the last few weeks. He was the...

I used to accost people in person or in writing if they hadn't heard this album. I told them until they heard "Innovator", th...

You'd think I'd be more excited about an album of Gainsbourg covers by the likes of Jarvis Cocker, Marc Almond, and Portishead. Muc...

It was only a matter of time before Mogwai asked a real metal band to open for them instead of more metal-y versions of themselves (read: Ae...

This is the kind of music that Mogwai should be making these days. This is the sound of Mogwai fleshing out the electronic frazzle of ...

This whole evening served to remind me of the greatness (and timelessness) of records like G-Man's "Avanti", Deadbeat's ...