Drinks With: Arctic Monkeys »
Skip Matheny—former bartender in a retirement community and currently a songwriter in the band Roman Candle — caught up with Alex Turner and Matt Helders of the Arctic Monkeys before their show in…
Shout Out Louds release “Work” mini-documentary »
After two sold out shows in NYC last week, Shout Out Louds are now looking forward to their North American tour during the month of May with Brooklyn buzz band Freelance Whales. With the…
Book Notes - Various Authors ("Phantom") »
In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book.
Phantom is a literary horror fiction anthology that…
Largehearted Word Books of the Week - March 10th, 2010 »
In the Largehearted Word series, the staff of Brooklyn’s WORD bookstore highlights several new books released this week.
WORD is an independent neighborhood bookstore in…
Daily Downloads (Braid, Jon Hardy & The Public, and more) »
Today’s free and legal mp3 downloads:
Braid: “Hugs From Boys” from Frankie Welfare Boy Age Five (remastered, out April 13th)
Braid: “Movie Clock Star” from The Age of Octeen…
Shorties (David Foster Wallace, The Coathangers, and more) »
The University of Texas has acquired the papers of author David Foster Wallace.
The San Antonio Current profiles the Coathangers.
Despite their back-alley beginnings, the group, in…
The Morning Benders :: Big Echo »
Big Echo is a well titled LP. For a band so clearly indebted to the sounds of the echo chamber of a particular branch of rock and roll, it is honest and forthright nomenclature. The Morning Benders,…
News Roundup: Bright Eyes, Ryan Adams, Bon Iver, The Baseball Project »
Hot on the heels of the new, Wilco-themed Sky Blue Sky Sandwich Company, (we could go for a “Hell Is Chrome” right about now), another alt-country style eatery has been discovered — this one in honor…
Lyric Of The Day: “Huckleberry” »
Just off of the two-lane where the school bus used to stop
Was a little wooden A-frame with a yellow tin roof top
One day it was raining on this world
She said “have you ever really, really ever…
Mississippi Records Tape Series :: Vol. 18 – Blues & Spirituals »
Over the past year the RootStrata blog has been sharing the Portland, OR based Mississippi Records’ ongoing Tape Series in individual installments for those without cassette decks. Shared as zip…
