I OWE WALKMEN FRONTMAN Hamilton Leithauser money. A lot, actually—$1,700 at last count. It’s not an easy debt to carry, especially when I come face to face with him on an avenue in New York. He really is a tall bastard. This has been noted before, but goddamn—you could throw this guy to the lions […]
Jamey Bainer
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Unholy Desire
Pink Mountaintops Know What We Really Want
THIS IS IMPERATIVE before we go any further: (1) Pink Mountaintops is not solely obsessed with sex. (2) We are all way too obsessed with being under the influence of INFLUENCE. Now maybe you’ll understand where band-hopping Canadian rocker Stephen McBean is coming from. Many critics and listeners got the impression that Mountaintops is simply […]
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Joy Diversion
Akron/Family Gushes Happiness Like Blood
NOTHING GENERIC SHOULD ever be written about Akron/Family. This band makes some of the most spirited and devastatingly joyful music I’ve ever heard. You listen to the stuff and there’s no mistaking the sound of four people who love music so much it would hurt if they weren’t so happy. Akron/Family can move from harmonious […]