The Dead Weather: Sea Of Cowards Elisabeth McGuirk July 19, 2010 Albums 1 Jack White takes a break from lead guitar and vocals to play drums on the Dead Weather’s second album, Sea of Cowards. Good. Composed of Alison Mosshart of The Kills, Dean Fertita of Queens of the Stone Age and...
Gunga NuhGunga: New York City Welcomes The Dalai Lama Elisabeth McGuirk May 18, 2010 Goings-On Twice a year, the Dalai Lama visits the United States to teach us about foreign concepts, such as selflessness, compassion, respect for the environment, basic human rights, and Harrison Ford’s oft-overlooked vo...
Yo La Tengo: Chris Knox Benefit Benefits Chris Knox First, Rock Snobs Second Elisabeth McGuirk May 4, 2010 Goings-On Critically acclaimed indie rock gods Yo La Tengo will join Portastic, Claudia Gonson of Magnetic Fields, Kyp Malone of TV On The Radio, Sharon Van Etten, Dimmer, and Robert Scott and David Kilgour of The Clean ...
Seasick Steve: Man From Another Time Elisabeth McGuirk April 9, 2010 Albums Bluesy guitar licks and unpretentious lyrics like, “You may think this song’s about a woman. What’s the matter, can’t you hear? Ain’t about nothin’ ‘cept an old John Deere” comprise the first songs off Seasick ...
Night Driving In Small Towns: Serial Killer Elisabeth McGuirk April 8, 2010 Albums 1 Even though the name of this band is Night Driving in Small Towns (lame), I preferred to listen to this album driving around on a sunny day last week. Actually, I think the music on Serial Killer is some of the...
The Kissaway Trail: The Unbearable Poignancy Of Living With The Kissaway Trail Elisabeth McGuirk April 4, 2010 Goings-On Danish group (that means they’re from Denmark, ya’ll) The Kissaway Trail’s sophomore album and first U.S. release, Sleep Mountain, is the type of album that makes you feel a combination of sad and hopeful and l...
Zechs Marquise: Brotherly Love With Zechs Marquise Elisabeth McGuirk March 23, 2010 Goings-On For anyone with successful siblings, the key is to break out and be your own butterfly or whatever. This is exactly what Zechs Marquise, started by Marfred and Marcel Rodriguez-Lopez, the brothers of Mars Volta...
A Storm Of Light: A Storm Of [Viscous] Light Elisabeth McGuirk March 18, 2010 Goings-On The dense, slow moving post-rock of Brooklyn-based A Storm Of Light is covering my brain. It’s getting harder to concentrate. Viscous sludge is oozing out of my ears now. Must…not…stop…writing. Oh God, it’s get...
The Besnard Lakes: The Besnard Lakes Are The Roaring Night Elisabeth McGuirk March 17, 2010 Albums Their third album since 2003, The Besnard Lakes’ The Besnard Lakes Are The Roaring Night, is a rock album that murmurs, hums and drones. I was expecting an album that was entirely atmospheric, but husband and w...
Bill Popp And The Tapes: More Benefits Than Bono Elisabeth McGuirk March 8, 2010 Goings-On Proving that you don’t need millions of dollars to make a difference (I’m looking at you, Bono), Bill Popp has been quietly and steadily organizing shows at Kenny’s Castaways to benefit the American Heart Assoc...
