Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Twang Bar Kings
If there's one thing which makes me both cringe and laugh, it's the use of the word “tone" by musicians. I suppose the latter reaction is the result of...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Am I Seeing Double?
Growing up, I went through elementary school with two pairs of identical twins — both girls. One of them was the first girl I ever had a crush on:...
Thunder Pie | The Sound of the Universe Sighing After School: Vince Guaraldi’s Christmas...
It had to be one of two things: Either someone really knew what they were doing, or it was all dumb luck. Smart money’s on the latter, I’d say,...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | What’s The Deal With Boney M.?
One thing most of the women in my life have had in common is a defiant and open fondness of Boney M. This month I spent $28 on a...
Stylus Counsel | Somebody Get Me A Doctor!
If you're in the midst of the hell-on-Earth known as choosing a band name, let me give you some advice: Nothing that starts with Doctor or Dr.
I recently went...
Thunder Pie | Gridlock
Slappy sunlight coming down, collapsed trusses of 3pm light breaking in through the miasma, we would run down the valley, me and the kids, in the Honda at Christmastime....
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | OMG Banchee
It was the first freezing rain of the season and I had to pull over, but not because of what I was seeing — but because of what I...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | The Musicians Remain The Same
This year my appreciation of Jimmy Page broadened. As he is for millions of others, the guitarist has long been one of my favourites due to his unique, incredible...
Thunder Pie | The Old Deer Camp From The Mountain At Night
“I am losing precious days. I am degenerating into a machine for making money. I am learning nothing in this trivial world of men. I must break away and...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Let It Bleed
Something has been baffling me lately — what the hell is everyone's problem with menstruation? Most of the people in my life are, and have almost always been women....
Read An Exclusive Excerpt From Adam Steiner’s Darker With The Dawn: Nick Cave’s Songs...
Too much music, not enough time. That's the story of my life. Even though I spend an absurd number of hours every day listening, watching, reading and writing about...
20 Questions With Malena Cadiz
Malena Cadiz is no stranger to moving between worlds. In the last seven years, the internationally raised singer-songwriter uprooted her life, left New York for L.A., became a mother,...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Waste Not, Want Not
Arguably the most famous creator of legendary album cover artwork was the design collective known as Hipgnosis. Begun in the ’60s by Cambridge, U.K. duo Aubrey “Po” Powell and...
Next Week in Music | Nov. 27 – Dec. 3 • The Short List:...
If it's big new releases you're after, you've got one option: Peter Gabriel’s much-previewed comeback i/o, the former Genesis frontman's first album of new original material in 20 years....
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Someone Shut That Kid Up!
One of the times I really enjoy putting a record on is while I'm folding laundry. It's kind of anything-goes time, because it's just for me. I always seem...
