So, I’m not sure if there’s some sort of statute of limitations that must expire before you should post a second time about a band. But I like the Radar Bros. quite a bit, and I posted on them way back in August, around the time I discovered The Fallen Leaf Pages, so I figured … Continue reading Revisiting the Radar Bros.
So, I’m wholly convinced now that I will like just about anything put out on Merge Records. If one of my favorite artists, Richard Buckner, moving to that label wasn’t enough, I’ve fallen for the new album by the Radar Bros., The Fallen Leaf Pages. I picked it up on whim — having not listened … Continue reading Radar Bros.
Most days, I’m an anxious mess. For better or worse (usually worse), I let the details of life – no matter how minor – consume me. (Sorry, Mom, I’m biting my fingernails again.) The frantic and sometimes mindless chatter of our daily lives has slowly chipped away at my attention span. It’s exhausting and, frankly, … Continue reading New Radar Brothers: If We Were Banished
I’d like to think that Jim Putnam and his Radar Brothers had such a good time last July at our five-year anniversary show at Yucca Tap Room that they just couldn’t wait to get back to the Valley. Less than a year later, the band is returning to play Rhythm Room in Phoenix on April … Continue reading Incoming: Radar Brothers, April 24
On July 12, 2005, I started this blog, an event so historic that I can’t even go back and read that first post without cringing. To celebrate the landmark occasion of this blog’s fifth birthday, I’m teaming up with Charlie at Stateside Presents in putting on the Radar Brothers show at Yucca Tap Room on … Continue reading Five-year blog anniversary show! Radar Brothers with Letdownright and Soft Drink on July 7
If you’ve ever wanted to hear the voice behind all these inane posts, then Tuesday is your day. I’ll be sitting in for an hour at 11 a.m. PT/MT as part of Guest DJ Week at Arizona State radio station the Blaze (1260 AM), which allows you to stream from the comfort of the chair … Continue reading Guest DJing on the Blaze 1260
“How can it be bullshit to state a personal preference?†– Rob Gordon, High Fidelity For the second year in a row, I was asked for a top 10 list that will be included in the annual booklet that local record shop Stinkweeds puts out (get the 2007 edition here). Again, it’s difficult to quantify … Continue reading Favorite albums of 2008
I didn’t want to let myself pick two songs for favorite song of the year. Frankly, it’s a cop-out. Ties are for the weak, like in soccer. Nobody loses! Everybody wins! Lame. But then I was thinking about these two tracks, the two children I was forced to choose between: One Day Like This by … Continue reading Favorite song(s) of 2008
UK’s Editors make their way to Tempe for a show at Marquee Theatre in Tempe with Hot Hot Heat and Louis XIV on Tuesday night. (Buy tickets.) I interviewed bassist Russell Leetch and wrote a bit about it here. Favorite quote, after I asked him how critics differ in England and the U.S.: “We always … Continue reading Tonight: Editors in Tempe (and odds and ends)
I’m cheating a little bit today: I posted on Silversun Pickups last week during my stint as house guest at Gorilla vs. Bear. The problem is, I like them so much that I wanted to represent at my own site. The great KEXP, through its song of the day podcast, introduced me to the band, … Continue reading Silversun Pickups (again)