End of the Year As We Know It Part V

August Divine Fits is a band made up of Dan Boeckner (Wolf Parade/Handsome Furs) and Britt Daniel (Spoon), plus some other dudes. It sounds exactly like what those two guys sound like. It… Continue reading →

End of the Year As We Know It IV

July Okay, to get right to the point: I fucking loved Shrines, the debut album of Edmonton duo Purity Ring. For a first effort, it’s fairly fantastic. It could have easily ended up… Continue reading →

End of the Year As We Know It III

May Does everybody get the feeling that an album has always existed, like it’s always belonged to them even if they’ve never heard it before? That’s what happened to me when I first… Continue reading →

End Of The Year As We Know It II

March I spent a good amount of my springtime unemployment playing Skyrim, reading old Savage Love columns, and listening to Miike Snow’s Happy To You. The Scandinavian lads had captured my attention with… Continue reading →

Eagle and Snake

My number one favourite thing today: Dirty Projectors have released a video for their amazing ‘Offspring Are Blank.’   I also humbly offer a Stars remix:   And a new song the internet… Continue reading →

Where Are We Now? The Best of the Interwebs (This Week)

If you’re wondering what I thought about the Grammy nominations (You’re like… huh? Things other than exams exist?) and basically, it’s two things. One is ugh, they still exist? And two, I want… Continue reading →

Memory Lane of Music

As you posted earlier about the “old school shit” you used to which you used to listen, I thought I would sort through my iTunes to reminisce about the music I used to… Continue reading →

Stereogum’s Chillwave Deconstruction: Examining An Anti-Trend Piece

      Yesterday, I read an article on Stereogum entitled Deconstructing: Memory Tapes And Life Beyond Chillwave. Its first question, about how the word “chillwave” makes its readership feel, was to me a… Continue reading →

Remember MySpace? Me Either.

To mitigate the fact that I’m putting off finishing part two of my year end list ‘til tomorrow, I’m going to throw some old school shit at you. While I can’t say I… Continue reading →

Once I Was A Prisoner (Elder Scrolls Online: The Basics)

Here’s a little intro to what Elder Scrolls Online will look and feel like. I’m ready to join the world of MMOs. Ps. DRAGONBORN DLC TOMORROW.