Ooh, so I'm a naughty music blogger.  I've been all caught up lately in my other blogging project, Affairs of Living .  Since food i...

I have a major thing for musically-inclined men with facial hair. Like Devendra Banhart. Or Samuel Beam (of Iron & Wine fame). Or Bon...

When I think about where I'd like to be in my life 10 years from now, a scenario that often comes to mind is living in New Zealand worki...

White Rabbits provided me the soundtrack to the summer of 2007, an epic season of debauchery and fun that drained my money, gave me a beer b...

I'm a sucker for sitar. One of my life dreams is to learn to play it. Some day. This is a very lofty aspiration. In the meantime, I de...

Last night I had the pleasure of attending the DeVotchKa show in Minneapolis. I am a DeVotchKa devotee. And I had been told that DeVotchKa...

I love Scandinavians. And Lykke Li is no exception - her voice is like sugar, her sound is like soda pop. With a kick. Like really bitey ...

"Can you show me the hottest local disc you are selling right now? Your favorite. The most popular. Whatever, just the album or band ...

Sorry for the late post, friends. Bon Iver (pronounced " bohn eevair ", like the French bon hiver , meaning "good winter...

I am in love with JaConfetti. Seriously. They wear metallic costumes, sell crafty reindeer jewelery and technicolor tshirts for their merc...

I just heard this tune a couple weeks ago and I've been hooked! Thao with the Get Down Stay Down is from Washington D.C.; they just rel...

I saw Yeasayer a couple weeks ago opening for MGMT. I only knew a few songs from each band, but the show was sold out, and I fell into a ti...

Keeping on the "bear" theme I started last week with Panda Bear, I have selected a Grizzly Bear tune for today: "Knife"....

20080206: I re-read my blog today and was horrified to see the vast number of typos and weird sentences. These have now been corrected, my...

Games , her new EP, was just released, and I can't wait to get my hands on it. In the world of cyberspace, there's not a whole lot ...

I fell in love over the weekend. With Jens Lekman. About a month ago, I was told I would love him and should check him out, and the circums...

My first post of the new year! Let's start 2008 with a laugh, shall we? So, you know when you are kind of into someone and you kind of ...

I stumbled across Black Kids back in October; I read about their debut EP Wizard of Ahhhs online somewhere and was curious. Available on...

From mewithoutYou to Joanna Newsom - uff da, what a leap! And that is why this blog is boss. So, Joanna Newsom is a pretty predictable choi...

So here it is, plain and simple. I'm whole-heartedly in love with Beirut. The accordions! The strings! The percussion! The horns! T...