Jun
28

Links Presented By Jeff Foxworthy

I don’t own a working television, so until last night I’d never actually seen an episode of Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader, rightfully judging from the title alone that this show might be the nadir of American culture in the year 2007. Seriously, how in god’s name doesn’t everyone come home with at… Continue reading »

Jun
28

Beards, Blazers & (Frat) Boys?: The National

I’ll spare the long-winded review of the National show. I’ve made my thoughts on the band clear on one, or two, or three occasions. They’re a very good band with an even better live show, so it really shouldn’t come as much a surprise that the El Rey was packed to the gills with fans,… Continue reading »

Jun
27

Beards, Blazers & Backpacks- DJ Shadow/Cut Chemist: Hard Sell @ the Hollywood Bowl

Photo by Carlie Armstrong The Hollywood Bowl is probably the best venue in the world. Yes, I’m aware that you can’t prove those types of statements, just as I’m also aware of the probability that there are probably a half dozen other places on earth, equally as fantastic. But for all practical purposes, the Bowl… Continue reading »

Jun
26

The Old Man and the Sea Level

Having grown up in LA, I didn’t need a big article in Billboard to remind me that practically every single record record store in town, save for Amoeba has gone out of business over the past five years. One by one, the music stores of my adolescence have shut their doors. From the old Rhino… Continue reading »

Jun
25

My Morning Jacket-At Dawn & Tennessee Fire Demos

In the decade thus far, scores of pretenders have been hyped as having that elevated and hopelessly nebulous notion of greatness (thanks for stopping by Strokes!). In reality, only a handful of bands have emerged that can be lassoed into such a discussion. My Morning Jacket is one of them. Before you scoff, consider the… Continue reading »

Jun
21

Back In Business/11 Conclusions From 11 Days on the Road

11 days, 4,000 miles later and 6,732 people who told me that “it might be cheaper to fly,” I’m finally back in Los Angeles, a little older and a little Weisser (and yet, clearly still not wise enough to stop making bad puns). I suppose the standard question everyone wants to know is how was… Continue reading »

Jun
21

Where You Should Be Friday Night

Here. C’mon…you know you want to.

Jun
20

Autopsy of a Verse: Kool G Rap

While Jeff is being nursed back to reality in the decompression chamber, I thought I’d take some time away from my curator duties at floodwatchmusic.com to share a story with you. You see, back in the day, I used to catch terrible hell from my friends whenever the subject of the “greatest rapper ever” was… Continue reading »

Jun
19

A Rap fan’s 10 favorite Indie-Pop songs of the year so far

Sach again, on the guest post tip. I don’t get much time to write about the other music I listen to at Ohword because well…we specialize in running this rap shit. No boom-bap dinosaur wants to be reading a Cam’ron parody or an essay about why rap sucks and suddenly be confronted with a list… Continue reading »

Jun
17

Bonnaroo Updates

No time for a real post or anything. I’ve got to catch Bob Weir & Ratdog at 3:00 and it’s looking iffy. Bonnaroo is just as nuts as I expected. Best festival in America. Not like I’ve been to all that many festivals or anything, but at the very least it beats the hell out… Continue reading »

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