eMusic Archives: August 2009
David Bazan
The first time I saw Dave Bazan play live was in 1997. I was wrapping up … more »
Dan Arborise, Of Tide And Trai…
The soothing rhythms of this meditative pastoral echo those of the natura… more »
David Cross, I Drink for a Rea…
David Cross disdains you for being too lazy to read the print version … more »
Grizzly Bear, Veckatimest…
Confession: I don't love Yellow House. Despite repeated attempts, I r… more »
Josh Bazell, Beat the Reaper…
A former mob hitman tries — and fails — to escape his past at… more »
Six Degrees of Enter the Wu-Ta…
It used to be easier to pretend that an album was its own perfectly self-… more »
Funeral Mist, Maranatha…
These are the fears that haunt mankind: that you will grip the hand of a … more »
Orlando Watusi, Como Nunca…
"Echando Pa'Lante" begins with a sharply-articulated horn exclamation, an… more »
A Hundred Candles for Lester Y…
Tenor saxophonist Lester Young was born 27 August, 1909, and even at 100 … more »
Playboy Tre, Liquor Store Masc…
Playboy Tre is "way older than your average," as he points out … more »
Who Are…Lightning Dust?
With the release of their sophomore effort, Infinite Light, what started … more »
Icon: Husker Du
The three monumental bands who put Minneapolis on the indie rock map in t… more »
Jordi Savall, Beethoven: Sinfo…
This is music to shock, arouse and thrill — the only thing it won… more »
Various Artists, Calypso …
This 3-disc set collects 59 tracks worth of horn-happy, jubilant Trinidad… more »
Ida Kavafian, DAUGHERTY, M.: F…
The celebrated and adventuresome violinist Ida Kavafian powers her way th… more »
Jubilant Sykes, BERNSTEIN, L.:…
Nothing about Leonard Bernstein was small-scale. Not his 11 years as the … more »
Wheedle’s Groove, Kearne…
Don't call it a comeback; they've been here for years. "Here" being Seatt… more »
Bela Fleck, Zakir Hussain …
This meeting of the virtuoso banjo player, the leading tabla player from … more »
Sally Shapiro, My Guilty Pleas…
Singer Sally Shapiro burrowed out of Sweden in 2007 as a fully-formed dan… more »
Tinariwen, Imidiwan: Companion…
The best rock music on the planet isn't coming from Britain or Americ… more »
Brendan Benson
Though he's finally back home in Nashville after endless press days in th… more »
Tim Buckley, Live at the Folkl…
There aren't a whole lot of certainties in pop music, but here's … more »
Green Tea, Places & Space…
Green Tea makes electronic music with a hip-hop flair. Combining gurgling… more »