Quick Indie guide to Seeing NY

I believe Indie is not just a fine taste for music…it’s a lifestyle.
So, a little while I got an email from a friend announcing he’d be spending a few days in New York City, and he wanted to know what were the coolest sites to see. I spent two months last summer living and working [...]

The 1st Flans N’ Linnell Brooklyn Ambassadors Award

Named after They Might Be Giant’s two Johns…this award goes to the band with the combination of most original sound and the most effective approach to gettting its name out there and building a relationship with indie fans–otherwise known as Public Relations. TMBG revolutionized going against the grain, bucking the notion that you have to [...]

Indie Spotlight: Architecture in Helsinki

Question: What do you get when you mix high school ska/alternative with refined indie?
Answer: Architecture in Helsinki
I have been a fan of this oddly-named band for a few years now, and have only heard them outside of my own music collection once, on a local college station. But they’ve got some dark-horse indie classics, even [...]

Test your Indie Acumen! Indie Personality Test v. 1

OK, so this is something that has been in the works for months…taking up my thoughts and replacing what I should be doing–writing my doctoral dissertation. In the end, I gave in and decided to go for it…
Have you ever wondered how “Indie” you are? Are you a grass-grazer, bandwaggoner, or Indie Guru? Maybe [...]

A defining moment: Iron and Wine

Iron and Wine’s newest album: The Shepherd’s Dog can be summed up with one phrase: Folk indie on prozac. This is haunting, moving music that doesn’t lull you to sleep but is oddly energizing like a good movie score. The riffs are fantastic. The melodies are far from the usual static, this-is-what-I-expect-folk-to-sound-like stuff. Unlike my [...]

Viva La Vida OR an Ipod Song and all his friends

Just got the new Coldplay CD. You know, I never thought that Cold Play could do better than the 04 classic – Rush of Blood to the Head…and after I got this new CD, I’m convinced…I’m still right. Even their last release, which was catchy and fun, but was too formulaic for me. This one, [...]

Sometimes, you just like the title

I’ve admitted this before, but I have no special access to new music (I’m working on that one…and any PR people interested…send something along), but I find some of the most interesting music at the Indie Library in my area. Now, I call it the Indie Library, because it has some of the most diverse [...]

Bring on the Comeback!

Yes…this is me…and Yes, I am a Laker fan…and yes, the Lakers WILL win it all….next year.

Of Djinni’s and Juno’s

Ok, so I’ll make this short…but I’m always amazed at the keywords that draw people to this site*. Here are the most recent keyword:
Djin Bartimaeus: I’m actually the top ranking site in Google for that keyword! Are you thinking what I’m thinking? BRING ON THE AD MONEY!
amazon sucks: On the second page of Google for [...]

Death Cab – A tale of too long and too short OR Amazon out of the dog-house

First, a Kudos to Amazon for rectifying the previous incident reported on this blog…when approached (for the 2nd time) about their faulty policy in shipping items altogether when you do super-saver shipping, they shipped my new Death Cab CD out immediately and swallowed the $2-$3 shipping at the same time.
Now on to my much awaited [...]