eMusic Archives: October 2008
Dorothy Parker, The Portable D…
A collection of criticism, poetry, and fiction from the acid-tongued mast… more »
Pierre Bayard, How to Talk Abo…
The thing to know about Pierre Bayard's How to Talk About Books You Haven… more »
Donald Harrison, Ron Carter, B…
The first eight songs of Heroes stamp it as one of the more memorable tri… more »
Youth Of Today, Break Down The…
While hardcore was the vehicle for disenfranchised people to "act th… more »
The Plot To Blow Up The Eiffel…
On their earlier releases, this San Diego quartet mixed hardcore elements… more »
The Rocky Horror Picture Show …
Toward the end of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, after Susan Sarandon… more »
Various Artists, The Rocky Hor…
Toward the end of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, after Susan Sarandon… more »
Cause Co-Motion!, It’s T…
The seven-inch single is the perfect format for Brooklyn quartet caUSE Co… more »
Deerhunter, Microcastle…
Deerhunter are either one of the toughest ambient bands or one of the mos… more »
Crystal Stilts, Alight of Nigh…
A mere ten years or so after its invention, rock & roll was bored of … more »
Mount Sims, Happily Ever After…
The seamy new-wave bump-and-grind of Happily Ever After perfectly evokes … more »
Andrew Bird, Andrew Bird …
Andrew Bird is an eccentric artist — not in an abrasive or challeng… more »
Valery Gergiev, London Symphon…
Really big, huge, and absurdly enormous: thus goes the progression of Mah… more »
Ani DiFranco, Dilate
In truth, the legend of Ani DiFranco was writ about a minute-and-a-half i… more »
Enslaved, Vertebrae
Since 1991, Norway's Enslaved have evolved into one of the most thril… more »
Brett Dennen
Brett Dennen grew up close to nature in tiny Oakdale, Calif., one of a nu… more »
O’Death, Broken Hymns, L…
O'Death traffic in a gleefully morbid, manic hybrid of bluegrass and … more »
Cynic, Traced In Air
Focus, Cynic's 1993 debut, was rough-hewn yet visionary. Its blend of… more »
Gordon Beck, For Evans Sake…
One of the smartest things any musician can do when trying to pay homage … more »
Modern Gurus
Life? That's a given. Liberty? Kinda out of your hands. But, the purs… more »
New Blues Rising: The Black Ke…
The Black Keys are easily the freshest thing to happen to blues in this m… more »
Go-Go Music!
Once upon a time, Washington D.C.'s go-go and New York hip-hop were both … more »
The Politic Melodic: A Campaig…
In ways that grow more important by the day, the 1972 presidential contes… more »
That Ghost, Young Fridays…
That Ghost is the working name of hyper-prolific, eighteen year old Ryan … more »