Yukon Blonde‘s debut is a little bit optimistic My Morning Jacket, with some shades of The Delfonics (on “Kumiko Song”) and generally high-quality indie rock.  The band’s debut is coming out March 23rd, and you can catch ‘em on tour. Yukon Blonde 2010 Tour Dates: Wind Blows 02.19 • TBC (Kelowna, BC) 02.20 • The [...]

BUN-B!  You have to know who Bun is, right?  You have to.  Best flow in the biz these days, now that Hova fell off. LINK FREE AND LEGAL BUCKSHOT REMIXES! I’ve also written a lot about Buckshot and Boot Camp Click over the years.  I forgive you if you don’t know him, but I’m telling [...]

Holy crap do you need to see this.

Is there an instrument sadder than the cello?  I don’t think so.  The Portland Cello Project are a collective of Oregon artists, which have included both Thao Nguyen of Thao With The Get Down Stay Down (who created the second best album of 2008) and Justin Power, who makes beautiful indie folk.  I wish I’d [...]

1. Hate Me 2. Irregular Heartbeat Intro 3. R.I.P. 4. Money On Me 5. Mex 6. Russian Roulette 7. No Competition 8. No Comment 9. The Cypher 10. We Outta Here 11. Anti 12. World Keeps Spinnin 13. Forgive Me 14. State Of You 15. Good Enough 16. Freight Train 17. Connect 4 Feat Young [...]

The Cold War Kids are an indie band that, to me, have always belonged with the likes of Death Cab for Cutie, The White Stripes, and The Flaming Lips–they’re easily talented and accessible enough to hit MTV (and indeed they have), but at the same time they possess a unique enough voice that they don’t [...]

Yeah, I ran a chronological “Best Comics of the Decade” post already, and tons of bloggers have done a decade retrospective, but I haven’t seen one that focuses exclusively on Marvel. Marvel is the most important comic book publisher out there, and not just because it controls the market share. When it comes to superhero [...]