Live Review: Liz Phair Performing “Exile In Guyville” In Its Entirety: The Fillmore, San Francisco June 23, 2008

Good from Phair, Phair from Good: Liz Phair at the Fillmore photo by the author To me, Liz Phair will always be that mousy girl with dishwater hair from the neighborhood – the one who was the first to start drinking and who always smelled faintly of cigarettes and tuna. One day she started hanging out with […] […]

Top Ten Spins for the Week of June 16th, 2008

Anhai – “don’t be afraid” – Album: Live Performance Someone Loves You still, Boris Yeltsin – “Modern Mystery” Snow Patrol – “how to be dead” – Album: Final Straw Dennis Wilson – Album: Pacific Ocean Blue [Reissue] Fleet Foxes – Album: Sun Giant [EP] Cut Copy – Album: in Ghost Colours Devil Doll – Album: Queen of Pain Emmylou Harris […] […]

Live Review: mr. Gnome, Knitting Factory, June 6

Lawn and Garden Refugees: mr. Gnome at the Knitting Factory photo by the author Despite online coverage in Rolling Stone and Spin, being one of LA Weekly’s picks of the week and having their set pushed back to the 11:00 pm prime-time slot, Cleveland-based duo mr. Gnome was greeted by an anemic crowd of eight as […] […]

Live Review: The Cure, Shrine Auditorium, June 1

I had a girlfriend once, P_______, whose favorite band was The Cure. She listened to them incessantly in her car and on her little boombox, finding in them the perfect soundtrack for everything from getting groceries and doing pilates to cleaning the bathroom and yes – having a good cry by candlelight. She also used […] […]