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Recent Features
 Phil's Top 10 Albums of 2007
We were collectively too stupid and lazy to make a collaborative 2007 top albums list, so Phil stepped in and did a better job than we would have anyways. Enjoy!
Overlooked folk gems of 2007
The great, overlooked folk records from this year shows that organic studio music still exists.
Rock Under Wraps
Here’s a little secret: good music exists outside of the Billboard Hot 100.
Dark, Sad, and Lost: The 2007 Download Festival
Thousands of hard-core music fans descend upon California once a year. Packs of hip, disheveled kids come to the West Coast’s premier music festival for an amazing lineup of musicians and events. Sprawling acres of parched, flat land host the bands like Radiohead, Daft Punk, and Bjork. All the major media music outlets cover this epic annual tradition and people from as far away as England come just to say they’ve experience it. What festival am I talking about? Mountain View’s Download Fest? Actually, no – I just described Coachella.
Uneasy Listening
Let’s try something interesting. It’ll require friends, coordination and multiple music-playing devices. Still with me? Good. Here are three sound experiments that force us to take a more active role in our listening. Pass the Dark Side of the Rainbow, please.
Gone in an MmmBop: Why Hanson Was an Important Musical Moment
Hanson’s smash hit MmmBop was not just an important moment in daily car rides home from school, but a tipping point in 1990’s pop music. It embodied the decade’s change from alternative-themed pop of the grunge era to exuberant teen pop of the boy band era.
'Prisoners' of Pinochet, Purveyors of Rock
Chile, the world’s thinnest and most southern nation, was home to the best band from the 80’s that you’ve never heard of.
Musical Hybrids
As genres evolve, they sleep around with different musical styles, take what they want and leave without calling the next morning.
Chk!!! Chk!!! Chk!!!
!!!'s live show is living proof evolution should be taught in schools!!! But human evolution?!!! Hell no, (wo)man, not when you can study the evolution of dance-punk by just going to the punctuation-happy band's live show!!!
Interview: Ted Leo
We have a fever, and the Pharmacist has the prescription.
Music Power Rankings: March 17
This week's installment of the weekly music power rankings.
Black and White and Pop all over
Minutia Music talks with Animal Collective's Animal, Panda Bear.
Andrew Bird starts tour Wednesday
The Armchair Apocrypha mastermind to start his three-month tour in Dallas March 14th.
Wilco's Sky Blue Sky...
...was streamed over pitchforkmedia.com recently, giving eager listeners their first taste of the May release.
Ready...Set...Go! Team
Before playing at D.C.'s The Black Cat on Sunday, March 19, the band's sole songwriter, Ian Parton, sat down to discuss the band's sound and to harp on '70s nostalgia. Ninja, an African-American sing-rapper and The Go! Team's leading lady, also dropped by to discuss the band's universal appeal and unpredictable live shows.
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