Staff Picks: Best Music 2011 – Patrick Delehanty
The Staff Picks: Best Music of 2011 by Patrick Delehanty
Staff Picks: Best Music of 2011 – Sam Rashid
Sock Monkey Sound writer Sam Rashid shares his list of his favorite albums of 2011
Other Lives – Tamer Animals
Modern music requires an exorcism. More and more these days, bands seem to be taking their Iron + Wine influence and watering it down past the point of effect, often producing boring and…
The Island of Misfit Toys – Bear Hair
I’ll say it right out of the gate, I’ve really tried to stop paying attention to a band’s influence. I do so because I mostly find it at this weird crossroad of pretentiousness…
The Island of Misfit Toys stream new record
Chicago indie/folk/emo/whatever the hell they want to be outfit, The Island of Misfit Toys, are now streaming their new record Bear Hair, out June 28th, on their Bandcamp. The album will be released…
Liam Gallagher – Fighting Irish
To kick March Madness off, our newest writer, Irish Brian Kelly, wonders if there’s no better fighting irishman to kick off a ‘Fighting Irish’ series with than Liam Gallagher. We have nothing more to say, he says it all, and so poetically. Read on…
Radiohead – The King of Limbs
Anyone hoping Radiohead has returned to classical, song-strucured arrangements, balls-out guitar blasting choruses can stop reading now. It’s not that some of us are waiting for Radiohead to return to simpler, band structured, live arrangements in the studio- it’s more like we’re tired of the Thom Yorke solo act. Radiohead has become 1-dimensional rock band, the kind of band they’ve dared not to become. “King of Limbs” continue…
Radiohead – “Lotus Flower” Video
Radiohead video for the song “Lotus Flower” appeared on their You Tube page today. Check it here.
Radiohead Release ‘The King of Limbs’ February 19th
Radiohead announces the release of their new album, “The King of Limbs”, on February 19th.
Rewind Listen: Built to Spill – Perfect From Now On
Built to Spill’s 1997 release Perfect From Now On deserves to be listened to on and on and on.
