Quick Before It Melts — I knew very little about Mexican-American folk artist Lhasa de Sela, who records under the name Lhasa, before she appeared on the Polaris Music Prize long list last week, and in many ways, I feel that now I know even less. She has amassed accolad... more info
Totally Fuzzy — strahinja said...TOP SINGLES 1955 – 2000: Top Twenty Hits of 1992THE CLASH – London CallingTINDERSTICKS – Simple PleasureBIG MAMA THORTON – JailJETHRO TULL – Living In The PastTHE ALLMAN BORTHERS BAND – The A... more info
Totally Fuzzy — Smilin Tyler said...Dumb ruminations on how hard it is for critical darlings to sell out, with Pere Ubu's "Cloudland" as an example. Also a picture of a woman's torso. Only at http://irritainment2000.blogspot.comTotally Fuzzy makes it possible.a r n ... more info
Guardian Music — Pull your heart out of your chest and show us the scars. This week it's all about finding the first oneOur infatuation with actors derives from an emotional connection to the characters they play and the fact that we stare at them for over an hour an... more info
Rawkblog — Jamz: Took a First Look at Grizzly Bear’s stunning Veckatimest.
Live: Saw Bell and Asobi Seksu at the Troubadour and Tindersticks at the Henry Fonda.
Camera Obscurist: Captured Tree Man bringing Tolkien to Venice.
And while you’re here, a questio... more info
Rawkblog — All photos by David Greenwald
Listening back to Tindersticks‘ fifth album, last year’s The Hungry Saw, the band’s exchange of late night cool for ’60s shuffling may not have been the greatest trade. But in their first Los Angeles show in five... more info
Rawkblog — Photo by David Greenwald
I’ll have some more, ahem, accurate photos of Tindersticks‘ excellent Friday night show here in a minute, but I had fun blowing out the exposure on this one. Think Steve Jobs would be down? more info
Rawkblog — The last time Tindersticks brought their nocturnal noir-pop to Los Angeles, I was a sophomore in college — and not yet a fan. The L.A. Times’ Todd Martens has an excellent feature on the band today for those not caught up on the act’s recent tr... more info