Whether you're happily married or told Cupid to shove it a long time ago, we can all agree on one thing: to quote the one-and-only Nazareth, "Love hurts/ Love scars/ Love wounds/ And mars." Or something.
That's why we went ahead and compiled a list of 36 Songs To Soothe the Pain, from the bloodletting confessionals of Neko Case, Bright Eyes and Sunny Day Real Estate to the melancholic melodies of Sigur Rós, the Shangri-Las… more »
It used to be easier to pretend that an album was its own perfectly self-contained artifact. The great records certainly feel that way. But albums are more permeable than solid, their motivations, executions and inspirations informed by, and often stolen from, their peers and forbearers. It all sounds awfully formal, but it's not. It's the very nature of music — of art, even. The Six Degrees features examine the relationships between classic records and five… more »
There's no better anchor for Okkervil River's brawny, brainy art-rock than the band's hyper-articulate frontman, Will Sheff: His vocals rush and recede, swell and shrink, changing every few bars to better suit the stories he tells.
eMusic's Amanda Petrusich spoke with Sheff — fresh off a week of doctor-ordered voice-rest — about ditching the concept album, living in New York, keeping quiet and pursuing "a bigness that's not polite."
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05.09.13
"Sure you can act, and sure you can sing / 'cause in the land of the numb the arthritic is king." -best Terry Melcher lyric?
05.09.13
He was older & wiser, his red hair was greying, & he was indeed chill.
05.09.13
Because I tweeted a Spin Doctors joke 2 days ago, just now my brain made me dream that I totally jammed out with the Spin Doctors guy.
05.08.13
Heard two record store clerks smalltalking: "Well...This time I'm TRYING be a good boyfriend and not record-store guy..."
05.08.13
Just say no to watching that stupid autotuned video. You're better than that.
05.08.13
"Almost Spin Doctors level of relaxed!" -@mattlemay
05.07.13
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05.07.13
Goodbye to the great Ray Harryhausen. The (original!!!!) "Clash of the Titans" changed my brain for ever. So many great movies. So grateful
05.07.13
Not that I even care about "punk," but "This year's theme is punk" is the most un-punk sentence in the universe.
