Previous Music Columns

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May 29, 2008 Sure, Walter Meego just moved to LA, but it’s their new full-length debut that’s really gonna take them places.

May 22, 2008 The sound of the local Shape Shoppe collective isn't so much something you hear as something you feel.

May 15, 2008 For better or for worse, Columbia's student-run record label is actually run by students.

May 8, 2008 If they hadn't needed something to sell on tour, Sybris probably never would've stayed home long enough to make their new record.

May 1, 2008 one thing's for sure: psych freaks Indian Jewelry are out there.

April 24, 2008 CD sales are down, vinyl and download sales are up, and record labels are doing the math.

April 17, 2008 Better at video games than piano? It could be your ticket to a career in music.

April 10, 2008 Kent Lambert's one-man tech-pop project has been transformed by his time in Chicago.

April 3, 2008 The Internet has made the fan remix an integral tool for artists.

March 20, 2008 The return of Crucial Conflict, debuts by Dr. Manhattan, the Prairie Cartel, and Pretty Good Dance Moves, and a UK-only release from Puerto Muerto

March 13, 2008 Hiring celebrity blogger Perez Hilton as an A and R man might not be such a terrible idea after all.

March 6, 2008 The Empty Bottle helps expose some kids with special needs to top-drawer live music.

February 28, 2008 RCRD LBL lets advertisers support the artists so consumers don't have to.

February 21, 2008 Members of U.S. Maple, the 90 Day Men, and Town and Country form an antisupergroup.

February 14, 2008 Husband-and-wife duo Rue Royale pinpoint the last sane moment to bail on grown-up life and hit the road.

February 7, 2008 Hollywood Holt does party rap the way other people get in shape for triathlons.

January 31, 2008 EMI and the other majors are foundering, but should the artists care?

January 24, 2008 Local Release Roundup

January 17, 2008 Tirra Lirra’s journey from self-indulgent sprawl to taut postmodern psychedelia

January 10, 2008 Jam bands like Umphrey's McGee are a step ahead of the music business.

December 27, 2007: Shalloboi's self-produced, self-released bedroom bombast is worth seeking out.

December 20, 2007: Lupe Fiasco continues to flout hip-hop convention with a fable about greed and fame-seeking.

December 13, 2007: Even after 15 years, Bettina Richards's Thrill Jockey label is full of surprises.

December 6, 2007: Indian has all the menace you could want from a metal band.

November 29, 2007: It might be possible to keep the rock-star era alive, but that doesn’t mean it’s a good idea.

November 22, 2007: Miss out on the birth of the local punk scene? There’s a new documentary full of baby pictures.

November 15, 2007: The elite file-sharing site Oink may have been a den of thieves, but online music retailers could learn from the things it did right.

November 8, 2007: Industrial legend Martin Atkins goes to Beijing and brings back two albums of eye-opening music.

November 1, 2007: Reviews of new albums by Bear Claw, Future Rock, Plane, David Singer, and Yea Big & Kid Static

October 25, 2007: On the set of Kid Sister's video shoot

October 18, 2007: The Redwalls, freed from Capitol, put out the record they were born to make.
October 11, 2007: The 1900s
October 4, 2007: Sleeper MC Bless 1
September 28, 2007: The "real Caterpillar tractory-y sound" of Mannequin Men
September 21, 2007: Music Blogs get into the label game.

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