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Bands That Fame Forgot: John Vanderslice

By Nate • May 15th, 2008 • Category: Music
Bands That Fame Forgot: John Vanderslice

John Vanderslice is an American Four-Tracker. He’s declared it on an album(Life and Death of An American Four-Tracker), he’s built a retro recording studio(Tiny Telephone) based on his love of doing things simply and earnestly and he plays each show like a kid playing his newest creation for a group of close friends in his [...]



Bands That Fame Forgot: The Weakerthans

By Nate • May 2nd, 2008 • Category: Music
Bands That Fame Forgot: The Weakerthans

Besides being the Slurpee Capital of the World, Winnipeg, Manitoba isn’t a city that catches the eye of many Americans. Much like many of the Canadians we meet, it’s nice enough but not exactly memorable.
In fact, the only distinct memory I have from my handful of trips to Winnepeg is nearly driving into parked cars [...]



The definitive doofus list of ‘07

By Kelly H • Jan 1st, 2008 • Category: General Sod, Music, Sod that is good

The problem with Top Ten lists is that you can’t know for sure how much music the dude (or dudette) offering the list actually listened to for the year. Sometimes this makes no difference. Like when Rolling Stone or Spin writers put together their best-of lists, after having had every CD made sent to them [...]