eMusic Archives: April 2009
Byrne and Eno: Bullish On Soun…
Many years ago, I used to pen a monthly column for eMusic called Sounds O… more »
My Brightest Diamond, A Thousa…
Two things you should know about My Brightest Diamond frontwoman Shara Wo… more »
Bikini Kill, CD Version of the…
"We're Bikini Kill, and we want revolution girl style noooooow!… more »
The Curtains, Calamity…
Six years and four albums in, and the Curtains are reaching old age for a… more »
Sufjan Stevens, Songs For Chri…
Recorded in annual batches since 2001 (although for some reason skipping … more »
Deerhoof, Offend Maggie…
Deerhoof preceded their ninth studio album with an unusual kind of single… more »
The Six Parts Seven, Casually …
Kent, Ohio's the Six Parts Seven have been making the same record for… more »
Bikini Kill, The Singles…
Bikini Kill's final release (in 1998 — the year they disbanded)… more »
Castanets, Cathedral
San Diego's Castanets — the brainchild of guitarist/vocalist Ra… more »
Sufjan Stevens, The Avalanche:…
Henry Darger was a reclusive Chicago janitor who made scores of gorgeous,… more »
The Thermals, Now We Can See…
There aren't many punk rock bands more straightforward, in some ways,… more »
The Decemberists, Her Majesty …
There are far too many reasons to adore the Decemberists: for their sharp… more »
Thao, We Brave Bee Stings and …
Thao Nguyen's We Brave Bee Stings and All is an astonishing mash of h… more »
Elliott Smith, New Moon (2xCD)…
In what has become a frighteningly familiar process for artists from Jimi… more »
Deerhoof, Friend Opportunity…
Deerhoof makes progressive rock. But where King Crimson thrilled stoned t… more »
Marnie Stern, In Advance of th…
"Put All Your Eggs in One Basket and Then Watch That Basket!!!" is the be… more »
Abe Vigoda, Skeleton
Abe Vigoda's frenetic, jagged and melodic music is a mixture of many … more »
Delta 5, Singles and Sessions …
Delta 5 emerged from the same Leeds, England, post-punk scene as Gang of … more »
Los Straitjackets, The Further…
Just in time for summer, Los Straitjackets are back with their signature … more »
Marnie Stern, This Is It and I…
Marnie Stern, a native New Yorker with an ax to (literally) grind, is ble… more »
Xiu Xiu, Knife Play
Excavating the bleakest tales of humanity with an uncomfortable veracity,… more »
Shapes and Sizes, Shapes and S…
British Columbia's Shapes & Sizes are experts in the art of cocke… more »
Stereo Total, Oh Ah
Oh Ah!, the debut album by Berlin-based duo Stereo Total, is like a schiz… more »
Rafter, Music for Total Chicke…
Rafter's Music for Chickens is, in essence, a collection of dreamy po… more »