Stripwax
A celebration of simplicity
St. Even gracefully guides listeners through traces of folk, New Orleans jazz, Western piano-saloon music and ragtime on this American back porch elpee.
Dec 3rd, 2011 by Jeff Moody
A glimpse into the future of Future of the Left
Lineup changes threaten a shake-up for The Future of the Left's new elpee "Polymers Are Forever," but frontman Andy Falkous still delivers.
Nov 26th, 2011 by Jeff Moody
Super relax with Atlas Sound (!!!)
Shades of Sparklehorse and The Pixies find their way into Atlas Sound's "Parallax."
Nov 19th, 2011 by Jeff Moody
Weak Spit
This week, Jeff Moody hopes for the rock motherload of loogies but instead only finds drool.
Nov 12th, 2011 by Jeff Moody
The Dead Milkmen – still snotty after all these years and whatever
For the Dead Milkmen, every album has (at least) one great song. New album, "The King In Yellow," has "Can't Relax," but the rest, by now, is kinda predictable.
Nov 5th, 2011 by Jeff Moody
The THUNDER and the ROAR
In celebration of the new Tom Waits album, "Bad as Me," Jeff recollects a storied history of Tom Waits fandom.
Oct 29th, 2011 by Jeff Moody
HURRY UP AND BUY THIS RECORD (!!!)
Behind Austin Pitts' shredding guitar and howling vocals, Hurry Up Shotgun harkens back to the best of '70s rock while sounding fresh at the same time.
Oct 22nd, 2011 by Jeff Moody
Wilco and the Art of Almost
Jeff gets some help from Hole's Courtney Love to review Wilco's "The Whole Love."
Oct 1st, 2011 by Jeff Moody
Some Sad Surf
The Dum Dum Girls' "Only In Dreams" surfs over an ocean of melancholy as lead singer Dee Dee Penny deals with loss.
Sep 24th, 2011 by Jeff Moody
Uneasy Listening From The Future
Annie Clark of St. Vincent arrives from a distant planet in the future and delivers a subdued, beautiful, often creepy sonic experience on her album "Strange Mercy."
Sep 17th, 2011 by Jeff Moody
Wild Gift For A Birthday Grrrl
Jeff pens a special birthday letter to his teenage daughter, and turns her onto the fearless femme rock of Wild Flag.
Sep 10th, 2011 by Jeff Moody
Almost Jicktastic
Stephen Malkmus' fifth LP with The Jicks isn't quite on par with earlier albums, but it provides a danceable soundtrack to these waning days of summer.
Aug 27th, 2011 by Jeff Moody
