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• Pop Rock Whores: The Long Winters vs. Counting Crows

  by Ben Westhoff•July 23, 2008•Comments (0)

  The first time I listened to the Long Winters I thought of Counting Crows. Maybe that’s because Counting Crows’ song “A Long December” was floating around in my head, or maybe because the Long Winters’ singer John Roderick’s voice shares an accentless, quickly excitable quality with Adam Duritz’s. Or perhaps it was because both bands are absolute whores for instantly catchy anthems (read more)

• I Came as a Lab Rat

  by Ryan Wasoba•July 9, 2008•Comments (0)

  I’m sitting in a sterile, fluorescent-lit room in Evansville, Indiana, with two women. One is slightly older than me, wearing scrubs and a nametag. (read more)

• John Cale: Paradiso, Amsterdam

  by Chris Salewicz•July 9, 2008•Comments (2)

  For me, though, Cale's problem is that he's too much a part of that esoteric little Island Records bunch that takes in the cast of the June 1, 1974 album—Ayers, Nico, Eno, and all the others in the foothills of Art. And also, that he's a little too aware of his legend (I, for one, am not sure of the relevance of knowing whether or not he beats up his wife). He seems a little too self-consciously caught up in the persona of the Thinking Man's Rock Star, a little too much the Professional Poet. (read more)

• My Brightest Diamond

  by Mike Conklin•June 18, 2008•Comments (0)

  "her vocals continue to be dexterous and affecting (if occasionally affected)" (read more)

• Well, C'mon! I Wanna Be Your Dog

  by Denise Sullivan•June 4, 2008•Comments (4)

  Recorded for the band's 1969 self-titled debut, "I Wanna Be Your Dog" is right up there with "Sweet Jane" and "I'm Waiting For the Man", songs once considered required learning (read more)

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