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Jason Anderson - Life Sucks Love Sucks Dose Out (States Rights)
1 November 2008It’s Anderson’s Astral Weeks, not in sound but feeling, in the internal journey of it and the transcendence it reaches for.
Rogue Wave with Neil Halstead - Johnny Brenda's (Philadelphia, PA) - Friday, August 8, 2008
10 August 2008ROGUE WAVE came out for an encore and proceeded to play THE SMITHS classic “What Difference Does It Make”.
Beach House with Papercuts - The Barbary (Philadelphia, PA) - Thursday, April 3, 2008
10 April 2008BEACH HOUSE’s live show doesn’t sound much different from the records and they played a nice, slow set.
Dean and Britta with Keren Ann - Johnny Brenda's (Philadelphia, PA) - February 28, 2008
9 March 2008The only drawback was that the set was short, but their energy and enthusiasm made up for it.
Gruff Rhys with Ulrich Schnauss - Museum of Fine Arts (Boston) - Sunday, September 23, 2007
10 October 2007Welsh indie pop meets teutonic electronica
Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? (Polyvinyl)
25 February 2007Hissing Fauna is the artistic representation of a breakdown. Importantly, though, the sound of the album is not the stereotypical doom-and-gloom.
Pernice Brothers with Elvis Perkins and Bitter Bitter Weeks - Johnny Brenda's (Philadelphia) - Thursday, December 7, 2006
22 December 2006Live a Little marks a stylistic return to their first two albums and as such, this show drew heavily upon their second album, the 2001 masterwork The World Won’t End, along with the new album.
Voxtrot - "Your Biggest Fan" EP (Play Louder)
17 November 2006What we have are some truly special releases…this new one as much as the others, or possibly even more so.
Acid House Kings with The Legends - Kensington South Forum (Philadelphia, PA) - Wednesday, July 12, 2006
22 July 2006All in all, it was a fantastic night of Swedish indie-pop, covering both the noisy and the gentle ends of the genre.
Camera Obscura with Georgie James and Bottom of the Hudson - North Star Bar (Philadelphia, PA) - Saturday, July 8, 2006
19 July 2006Touring behind their fantastic new album, Glaswegian twee-pop torchbearers CAMERA OBSCURA played a terrific, hour-long set.
Jack Rabid’s Top 10
Week of August 17
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Billy Bragg – Mr. Love & Justice (Anti)
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Bad Religion – New Maps of Hell (deluxe edition) (Epitaph)
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Ray Davies – Working Man’s Cafe (New West)
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Ron Sexsmith – Exit Strategy of the Soul (Yep Roc)
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Billie Holiday – Beautiful Ballads & Love Songs (Columbia/Legacy/SonyBMG)
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Everest – Ghost Notes (Vapor)
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Rob Dickinson – Fresh Wine for the Horses (double CD) (Fontana/UNI)
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Secret Shine – All of the Stars (Clairecords/Tonevendor)
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The Effigies – Reside (Criminal IQ)
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For Against – Shade Side, Sunny Side (Words on Music)