47 Miles of Barbed Wire: Ted Leo Keeps the Dream Alive
The dream is always the same. We keep thinking that music can save our soul, that we can hear that one damn song that makes us break down and cry, that a killer album can be the umbrella on our rainiest day, that one great rock show can change the world, and we keep getting [...]
Untied States, “Instant Everything, Constant Nothing” – review
Let’s start with the name: Untied States is a pretty brilliant sort of moniker for a post-punk group, isn’t it? It’s silly and evocative at the same time, a joke and a threat, the kind of name that gets bands noticed. Not as fond of the album’s title, which seems kind of the opposite of [...]
47 Miles of Barbed Wire: Manu Chao, “Baionarena”
You know who’s awesome? Manu Chao. He’s a tiny little Spanish Frenchman who runs around the world creating hot music and rocking some serious political steez. He’s a hero all over Europe and South America and Mexico and Africa and a bunch of other places, and if the world made any kind of sense he’d [...]
47 Miles Mixtape Rundown: Chalie Boy, Reflection Eternal, Wu-Tang vs. Beatles, UnLearn
Here’s a new feature for you crazy kids: a rundown of a bunch of hot new mixtapes floating around the Internet. We will travel to deepest Texas, NYC bohemia, the boomin’ Bay Area, and the halfway point between Shaolin and Liverpool. Chalie Boy, I’m Here —- I was down in Dallas last November, and this [...]
47 Miles of Barbed Wire: Vampire Weekend – “Contra” – review
You want a review of the indie darlings’ second album and some thoughts about culture and appropriation and privilege and all that stuff. But we’re as enigmatic as a horchata-stained balaclava so you’d better check it out after the jump.
Best Albums of the Decade, 9-1
There were a lot of great records that came out from 2000-2009. Here are 101 of them, delivered in manageable multiple chunks over the next week or so. BSC’s Matt Cibula breaks the entries down, and tells you why it mattered and what alternative albums by the same artist might have been used instead.
Check out the top 10 after the jump!
Best Albums of the Decade, 19-10
There were a lot of great records that came out from 2000-2009. Here are 101 of them, delivered in manageable multiple chunks over the next week or so. BSC’s Matt Cibula breaks the entries down, and tells you why it mattered and what alternative albums by the same artist might have been used instead.
Check out 19-10 after the jump!
Best Albums of the Decade, 29-20
There were a lot of great records that came out from 2000-2009. Here are 101 of them, delivered in manageable multiple chunks over the next week or so. BSC’s Matt Cibula breaks the entries down, and tells you why it mattered and what alternative albums by the same artist might have been used instead.
Check out 29-20 after the jump!
Best Albums of the Decade, 39-29.5
There were a lot of great records that came out from 2000-2009. Here are 101 of them, delivered in manageable multiple chunks over the next week or so. BSC’s Matt Cibula breaks the entries down, and tells you why it mattered and what alternative albums by the same artist might have been used instead.
Check out 39-30 after the jump!
Best Albums of the Decade, 49-40
There were a lot of great records that came out from 2000-2009. Here are 101 of them, delivered in manageable multiple chunks over the next week or so. BSC’s Matt Cibula breaks the entries down, and tells you why it mattered and what alternative albums by the same artist might have been used instead.
Check out 49-40 after the jump!
Best Albums of the Decade, 59-50
There were a lot of great records that came out from 2000-2009. Here are 101 of them, delivered in manageable multiple chunks over the next week or so. BSC’s Matt Cibula breaks the entries down, and tells you why it mattered and what alternative albums by the same artist might have been used instead.
Check out 59-50 after the jump!
Best Albums of the Decade 69-60
There were a lot of great records that came out from 2000-2009. Here are 101 of them, delivered in manageable multiple chunks over the next week or so. BSC’s Matt Cibula breaks the entries down, and tells you why it mattered and what alternative albums by the same artist might have been used instead.
Check out 69-60 after the jump!
