10. The Black Keys @ The Avalon (9/14/06)Right now, I’d rather see the Black Keys live than Clapton. I blame this on the fact that Clapton hangs out with John Mayer. Bad move Clapton. Maybe he should hang out with Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys instead. The truth is he’s Clapton’s worthiest successor. Not […]

10. Method Man-4:21 The Day After Over the past year and change Method Man has done everything possible to make people forget about the perpetually stoned and smiling, Deodorant-hawking sitcom starring persona he’d long cultivated. From bemoaning a lack of critical respect, to beefing with Wendy Williams to ranting about slights from new label boss, […]

The Strokes-First Impressions of Earth It’s ironic that the decade’s most overrated band has made one of the year’s most underrated albums. I suppose that’s what happens when 13-year old girls have crushes on Julian & Fab and everyone tries to forget how different Is This It? sounded in 2001. Granted, First Impressions of Earth […]

Aloha: Some Echoes Bands need to use more vibraphones. It works. At least for Aloha, who followed up 2004’s very strong, Here Comes Everyone with the even better Some Echoes. Kicking off the album with the downcast psychedelia of “Brace Your Face,” a six and half minute message to a lost love, the band never […]

Starting with the September 11th attacks in 2001, a noticeable uneasiness and uncertainty has crept into the American zeitgeist. Many have speculated that it stems from geo-political instability from the collapse of the dollar, the rise of China, increasing energy prices, the war in Iraq and global warming, etc. Others have blamed it on a […]