Music - Dec. 8, 2008
Help me with my ballot
Another December means assembling another annual ballot for the Village Voice's Pazz & Jop Poll, something I've been doing for a couple decades now. This is the first year I didn't keep a running list all year long. So, I feel like I'm missing something big.
Tags: Pazz & Jop, Village Voice, Radiohead, Yelle, Josh Rouse, Vampire Weekend, Perturbazione, Subsonica, MGMT, Paul Weller, Colin Meloy, Kooks

Music - Jan. 21, 2008
Mix tape: January 2008
Here are some of the CDs spinning ‘round my ears these days...
Tags: Subsonica, L'eclisse, Temposhark, Asthmatic Kitty, Rafter, Downtown 81, Basquiat, No Wave, Rephlektor, Cryptacize, Lee Scratch Perry, Ska, Studio One, Coxsone Dodd, Temposhark

Music - May 3, 2007
Mix tape: part two
Here’s part two of a journey through the stack of CDs on my desk. Part one appeared in the Sound Check section last weekend and there’s more to come, so stay tuned.
Tags: Meters, Subsonica, Steve Cropper, Brand New Heavies, Amsterdam, Turin, Blue Note, Dexter Gordon, Donald Byrd, Andrew Hill, Compulsion, Jackie McLean, Ornette