eMusic Archives: July 2010
Plug Him In: Comedy, the Elect…
There have been plenty of amusing jazz musicians, from Louis Armstrong an… more »
eMusic Guide to Summer Festiva…
Summer is in full swing, so you know what that means — time to brea… more »
Ralph Alessi, Cognitive Disson…
The best contemporary musicians are equally at home negotiating abstruse … more »
Futurebirds, Hampton’s L…
All anybody wants to do these days is cast themselves in a remake of The … more »
Kelli Scarr, Piece
With just an acoustic guitar, a piano and a haunting voice, Kelli Scarr m… more »
J Roddy Walston & The Bus…
J Roddy Walston and the Business are in the business of making rock and r… more »
Dean & Britta, 13 Most Be…
In 2008, onetime Luna bandmates Dean Wareham and Britta Phillips wrote mu… more »
Christopher Willits, Tiger Flo…
Christopher Willits is a San Francisco-based multimedia artist who paints… more »
Lone Wolf, The Devil and I…
The British singer-songwriter Peter Marshall is an uncomplicated singer. … more »
Common Grackle, The Great Depr…
The common grackle is an omnivorous bird, prone to thievery of all manner… more »
Menomena, Mines
Truth be told, it's amazing this album's even out. As Menomena… more »
Best Coast, Crazy For You…
Bethany Cosentino moved to New York to become a writer and boomeranged ba… more »
William Brittelle, Television …
What happens when a bunch of classical nerds get together and try to buil… more »
Social Studies, Wind Up Wooden…
Take a twee-as-hell band from San Francisco. Add an electropop sensibilit… more »
Various Artists – Smiths…
The good folks at Smithsonian Folkways come through yet again with anothe… more »
Seu Jorge and Almaz, Seu Jorge…
While Brazilian samba revivalist Seu Jorge had already released two exper… more »
Jaill, That’s How We Bur…
A bit of an unknown quantity when they signed to Sub Pop, Milwaukee's… more »
Pastor T.L. Barrett and the Yo…
This buoyant, spacious album is a delightful time capsule of sanctified s… more »
Carl Hiaasen, Star Island…
Hiaasen turns his razor sharp eye to the celebutante and paparazzi-infest… more »
Everybody Was in the French Re…
Art Brut is one of those bands whose m.o. — sung-spoken comic celeb… more »
Donna Regina, The Decline Of F…
Ever wondered what people mean when they talk about the "sound of Co… more »
Who Are…Karaocake
Camille Chambon picked up her first guitar at age 15. It was also her las… more »
Six Degrees of Slaughterhouse-…
No book is a perfectly self-contained artifact. Books are more permeable … more »
Paul Simon, Paul Simon…
There's more down than up on Paul Simon's 1972 solo bow, but ofte… more »