eMusic Archives: July 2008
Pygmy Lush, Mount Hope…
Hardcore is a genre that has a tendency to wear bands out. The rolling fo… more »
Doc and Merle Watson, Elementa…
Doc and Merle Watson's Elementary Doctor Watson, released in 1972, ma… more »
Fresh Sound
Jazz in New York is alive and well, and while most of the artists we read… more »
Tom Vanderbilt, Traffic…
The enlightened anthropologist's view of traffic — or Freakonom… more »
Tom Vanderbilt, Traffic…
The enlightened anthropologist's view of traffic — or Freakonom… more »
Takka Takka, Migration…
Don't be fooled by seeing Clap Your Hands Say Yeah drummer Sean Green… more »
A User's Guide to: Sparks
One brother sings and prances like a well-trained, highly effete poodle. … more »
Shirley Scott and the Women of…
In 1955 or so, when Jimmy Smith was popularizing the Hammond B-3 electric… more »
The Haunting Beauty of Moisei …
Moisei Weinberg's Chamber Symphony No. 1 begins with a sprightly ballroom… more »
Blueslore #02: The Natchez Fir…
The Moneywasters Social Club had sold 557 tickets (50 cents in advance, 6… more »
Micky and the Motorcars, Na…
Micky and the Motorcars make straightforward countrified pop-rock that ma… more »
Erin Bode, The Little Garden…
As with Over and Over from 2006, Erin Bode demonstrates her disarmingly c… more »
Mother Father Sister Brother
MFSB was the name of the crack Philadelphia International house band in t… more »
Richard Galliano, New Musette…
Lusty and romantic, New Musette is a joyful live concert by accordionist … more »
From The Vaults: Fetchin Bones
In the mid-'80s a slew of quirky college-rock bands from Georgia and Nort… more »
The Rumble Strips, Girls And W…
The Rumble Strips are a bit of an homage band; mining the spiky punk-pop … more »
Pas/Cal, I Was Raised On Matth…
PAS/CAL will knock you out with their happily-go-lucky, heavily-layered b… more »
Broken Social Scene Presents: …
The latest of Toronto's bulging Broken Social Scene indie rock collec… more »
Dr. Dog, Fate
Many modern acts aim for the soulful, but they rarely accomplish it to th… more »
Azeda Booth, In Flesh Tones…
Hyper-falsetto'd lead man Jordon Hassock navigates Calgary's Azed… more »
Nine Inch Nails, The Slip…
That Trent Reznor is still making records — and good ones, at that … more »
Minisnap, Bounce Around…
Fans of New Zealand indie-pop are likely to be very familiar with Clean b… more »
Lee Morgan, Search for the New…
In 1963, trumpeter Lee Morgan had a major breakthrough hit with the funky… more »