eMusic Archives: February 2009
Justin Townes Earle
It's tough for an emerging artist to be saddled with two imposing surname… more »
A User's Guide to DFA
For all the oft-vaunted frustration about getting indie rockers into danc… more »
Brass Bands
"New Orleans is the hippest city on the planet," wrote a DJ for… more »
Gentleman Reg, Jet Black…
Firmly in the Arts & Crafts camp (he's toured with the Hidden Cam… more »
Philipp Meyer, American Rust…
A gripping, impossible-to-ignore exposition of post-industrial shellshock… more »
Marlon James, The Book of Nigh…
A mysterious revolt is brewing at an 18th-century plantation in this haun… more »
Drag The River, Bad At Breakin…
The Colorado country outfit Drag the River aren't about to hide their… more »
Laura Gibson, Beasts Of Season…
Oregon's singer-songwriters swap backing musicians so often, they mus… more »
David Grann, The Lost City of …
A true-life adventure romp from the real Indiana Jones Colonel Percy Harr… more »
Sylvie, Trees and Shade Are Ou…
Sylvie's Trees and Shade Are Our Only Fences sounds like a relic from… more »
La Strada, La Strada
Brooklyn-based La Strada's old-world, well-worn sound isn't witho… more »
Remembering Snooks Eaglin
Snooks Eaglin, who died on February 18 at age 72, was a quintessential Ne… more »
An Introduction to the Yardbir…
There were many British bands that swiveled rock's glorious adolescence, … more »
Ran Blake: the New Englandest …
Ran Blake is one mysterioso pianist. His playing smacks of deep, complica… more »
The Black Lips, 200 Million Th…
As garage-punk careerists — especially ones who, on their 2003 debu… more »
Various Artists, Milky Disco 1…
Lots of names have been floated to describe the '00s revival of disco… more »
Grizzly Bear, Yellow House…
Grizzly Bear's second album Yellow House made big waves when it was r… more »
Crystal Stilts, Crystal Stilts…
After the first-ever Crystal Stilts show in December 2003, Hamish Kilgour… more »
A User’s Guide to Dhafer…
When the innovative Tunisian singer and oud player Dhafer Youssef appeare… more »
…Trail of Dead Dozen
For the last ten years, ...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead have… more »
Dred Scott Trio, Live At The R…
Dred Scott was the keyboardist for the short-lived mid-90s group Alphabet… more »
A Dozen of Funk
Funk used to be a bad word. Today, though, it denotes a rhythmic continuu… more »
LFO, Frequencies
At the time of its release in 1991, LFO's Frequencies sounded like th… more »
Polygon Window, Surfing on Sin…
There are very few perfect electronic music albums, but Surfing on Sine W… more »