I’m trying to pull these together now. A few albums leap to mind: Liars –Â Sisterworld The Roots — How I Got Over Kanye West — My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Taylor Swift’s Speak Now Sightings — City of Straw Janelle Monae — The ArchAndroid Erykah Badu — New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh Ted Leo and the […]
Simply amazing. Still in heavy rotation. I’ve become the sort of critic who likes spring releases. Give them time to marinate, I say. That new Liars album is still revealing new things to me. Ready for a stunning admission? I still haven’t heard the new Arcade Fire album! I’m still aghast that Spoon opened for them. What’s […]
I’ve been telling people for a while that it’s time for Philly basketball fans to start blogging the Sixers. I know it sounds like the most excruciating punishment short of having to actually play for the team, but that’s how you make this work. See, it’s like this: the team can’t plummet much further and […]
2009 was a disastrous year for me and music. I was really turned off to the possibility that I might like anything. I reverted to old habits, listening to a disproportionate amount of metal, without really exploring further. For someone who in the past prided himself on catholic taste, it was something of a disappointment. […]
My turntable Originally uploaded by J T. Ramsay One of the things that makes me laugh is the slew of articles that have been written lately about the resurgence of vinyl. I laugh mainly because I felt that the vinyl resurgence had come and gone. I associated the trend with Matador’s renewed commitment to reissuing […]