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Los Campesinos!

Hold on Now, Youngster . . . | Wichita/Arts & Crafts
Los Campesinos! are what happens when Sarah Records meets Minor Threat.

By: CHRISTOPHER GRAY | May 12, 2008

The Constantines at T.T. the Bear's Place, April 18, 2008
Just shy of midnight, one of the few dozen of us hardcore Constantines disciples at T.T. the Bear’s warns his girlfriend: “You might not like them. They’re really manly.”

By: CHRISTOPHER GRAY | April 22, 2008

The power of love

A respected music critic contemplates Celine Dion and has a crisis of conscience
Carl Wilson’s recent entry into Continuum’s esteemed 33 1/3 series — a series of books by critics and musicians devoted to canonical pop albums — is framed by an irresistible concept.

By: CHRISTOPHER GRAY | March 19, 2008

Travel New England!

...with a gas can and Brock Clarke’s wily novel
Clarke’s satire leaves enough room for at least one resounding lesson: a good story shouldn’t always make you do bad things.

By: CHRISTOPHER GRAY | October 31, 2007

St. Vincent

Marry Me | Beggars Banquet
Clark’s soaring soprano is capable of hitting a Billie Holiday swoon just as easily as a sinister incantation.

By: CHRISTOPHER GRAY | July 30, 2007

A pleasant Reminder

Feist comes into her own
Canadian singer Feist’s third solo album is a soundtrack for watching your lover walk out the door.

By: CHRISTOPHER GRAY | June 04, 2007

Handsome Furs

Plague Park | Sub Pop
Playing Bruce Springsteen to Spencer Krug’s David Bowie, Dan Boeckner came across as the humble workhorse of Wolf Parade. "What We Had," Handsome Furs (mp3)

By: CHRISTOPHER GRAY | May 21, 2007

Dexterous feats

Menomena + Field Music + Land of Talk, Great Scott, March 27, 2007
Those of us too poor to make it down to Austin for last week’s SxSW festival were treated to a mini-showcase of some of indie rock’s strongest up-and-coming bands.

By: CHRISTOPHER GRAY | March 28, 2007

Indulge me

How the writer of a generation stopped speaking for himself
If Dave Eggers’s career is any indication, the best way to become a writer of importance is to convince everyone you’re a self-indulgent jerk and then pull the rug out from under them.

By: CHRISTOPHER GRAY | February 14, 2007

The new tastemakers

Does Pandora know you better than you do?
It’s a cliché by now, but the Internet allows you to be whomever you want to be.

By: CHRISTOPHER GRAY | January 31, 2007

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