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Monday, May 5, 2008

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  • Rovo review (2001)
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  • Radiohead ‘Amnesiac’ review
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  • The Stills review (2003)
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  • Linda Thompson review (2007)
  • Nellie McKay review (2007)
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  • Mark Eitzel review (2001)
  • JJ Grey & Mofro review (2007)
  • Teenage Fanclub ‘Howdy’ review
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  • Jayhawks review (2003)
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  • Sleepy Brown review
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  • Broken Social Scene review (2004)
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  • Fugs profile (2003)
  • Sly Stone tribute album review
  • The Izzys review
  • Tom Waits and Crystal Gayle review
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  • On Animal Collective (2007)
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  • Frames review
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  • ‘Girls Can Tell’ review (1)
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  • On Neil Hamburger
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  • Night out with the Mosquitos (2004)
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  • Kyaw Kyaw Naing and Burmese music (2003)
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  • Rolling Stone Album Guide
  • (one review from it: Jamiroquai)
  • (another: Nick Cave)
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  • James Blunt and blitzkrieg licensing
  • On Jim Flora’s LP covers (2004)
  • Blender’s ‘Powergeek 25’
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  • On revisionist blues histories (2004)
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  • Ivan Moravec profile (2001)
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  • Jimmy Sturr, the polka king (2006)
  • Hank Williams III review (and response)
  • Primus review
  • Damian, master of the pan flute
  • The Ghetto Film School (2007)
  • Hendrix book review
  • ‘My Father the Spy’ book review
  • Stephen King review (‘Song of Susannah’)
  • Anne Rice review (‘Blood Canticle’)
  • ‘The Perfect Thing’ (iPod) book review
  • ‘Girls’ book review
  • More book reviews
  • Nick Gold profile (2006)
  • Paul Winter profile (2004)
  • On Oneida (2001)
  • The story of ‘Love to Love You Baby’
  • Cheap Seats: Bargains in hard times
  • Cheap Seats: Lunchtime concerts
  • Cheap Seats: No-cover music
  • Cheap Seats: Baseball from the bleachers
  • Cheap Seats: Onstage at ‘Spring Awakening’
  • Cheap Seats: Standing by for late-night TV
  • Cheap Seats: Standing room at the opera
  • Cheap Seats: Ticket lotteries on Broadway
  • Cheap Seats: The upper deck at Jones Beach
  • CBGB’s swan song
  • Hilly Kristal, RIP
  • Isaac Hayes, RIP
  • Johnny Ramone, RIP
  • John Peel, RIP
  • Eugene Record, RIP
  • Arthur Lee, RIP
  • Link Wray, RIP
  • Martin Denny, RIP
  • Klaus Dinger (of Neu!), RIP
  • Greg Shaw, RIP
  • Hasil Adkins, RIP
  • R.L. Burnside, RIP
  • Arthur ‘Killer’ Kane, RIP
  • Mitch Mitchell, RIP
  • Noel Redding, RIP
  • Doris Troy, RIP
  • Robert Quine, RIP
  • Tony Wilson, RIP
  • Stanislaw Lem, RIP
  • Denny Doherty, RIP
  • Compay Segundo, RIP
  • Slang Ton, RIP
  • Blurbsville

NY Times Popcast

  • Nov. 4: Geoff Muldaur
  • Oct. 28: Will Hoge
  • Oct. 21: Arms
  • Oct. 14: Buffy Sainte-Marie
  • Oct. 7: Rain Machine (with Kyp Malone)
  • Sept. 30: Reviews, Nik Cohn interview
  • Sept. 23: Bebel Gilberto
  • Sept. 16: Shilpa Ray
  • —Summer vacation—
  • July 22: Baaba Maal
  • July 15: Jason Lytle
  • July 8: Paul Burch
  • July 1: On Michael Jackson
  • June 24: Chris Potter
  • June 17: Kakande
  • June 10: The Low Anthem
  • June 3: The Tall Pines
  • May 20: Diane Birch
  • May 13: ‘Afterquake’
  • May 6: Marc Ribot
  • April 29: Sarah Siskind
  • April 22: Bell X1 and Coachella recap
  • April 8: Report from the Rock Hall inductions
  • April 1: Bob Mould
  • March 25: SXSW wrap, with James Hetfield interview
  • March 18: Tina Dico
  • March 11: Bishop Allen
  • March 4: Eleni Mandell
  • Feb. 25: Mariza
  • Feb. 18: Psapp (interview and studio tour)
  • Grammys: Preview (Feb. 4), recap (Feb. 11)
  • Jan. 28: Krishna Das
  • Jan. 21: Calypso Rose
  • Jan. 7: Year-end roundtable, Part 2
  • —2008—
  • Dec. 24: Year-end critics’ roundtable, Part 1 (plus Kyp Malone interview)
  • Dec. 17: Brendan Canning
  • Dec. 10: Anne Heaton
  • Dec. 3: Kassin +2
  • Nov. 26: David Grubbs
  • Nov. 19: Ane Brun
  • Nov. 12: Jim White
  • Nov. 5: Charles Hamilton
  • Oct. 29: Jay Reatard
  • Oct. 15: Citizens Band
  • Oct. 8: Luke Doucet
  • Oct. 1: Annuals
  • Sept. 24: Julie Fowlis
  • Sept. 17: Cory Chisel
  • July 30: Jennifer O’Connor
  • July 23: Zemog el Gallo Bueno
  • July 16: Jay Brannan
  • July 9: Reckless Kelly
  • July 2: Montreal International Jazz Festival report
  • June 25: Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson
  • June 18: Laura Marling
  • June 11: Essie Jain
  • June 4: Joan as Police Woman
  • May 28: The Virgins
  • May 21: Eli ‘Paperboy’ Reed
  • May 14: Black Kids
  • May 7: Atmosphere
  • April 30: Tim Fite

WFUV Music Review

  • —2009—
  • July 7: Wye Oak
  • June 30: Deer Tick
  • June 23: Regina Spektor
  • June 16: Dinosaur Jr.
  • June 9: Wilco
  • June 2: Dirty Projectors
  • May 26: Grizzly Bear
  • May 19: Jason Lytle
  • May 12: Ben Harper
  • May 5: Bob Dylan
  • (April 28: No show)
  • April 21: Metric
  • April 14: Felice Brothers
  • April 7: Bob Mould
  • March 31: Great Lake Swimmers
  • March 24: Amadou & Mariam
  • March 17: Decemberists
  • March 10: Neko Case
  • March 3: U2
  • (Feb. 24: No show)
  • Feb. 17: M. Ward
  • Feb. 10: Lily Allen
  • Feb. 3: The Bird and the Bee
  • Jan. 27: Antony and the Johnsons
  • Jan. 20: Andrew Bird
  • Jan. 13: Derek Trucks
  • Jan. 6: Looking ahead to 2009
  • —2008—
  • Dec. 30: Year-end, Part 2
  • Dec. 23: Year-end, Part 1
  • Dec. 16: Holiday music
  • Dec. 9: Love Train: The Sound of Philadelphia
  • Dec. 2: Box sets by Johnny Cash and Nina Simone
  • (Nov. 25: No show)
  • Nov. 18: Keane, Travis and Snow Patrol
  • Nov. 11: John Legend
  • Nov. 4: Pretenders
  • Oct. 28: Ryan Adams (Cardinology)
  • (Oct. 21: No show)
  • Oct. 14: Lucinda Williams
  • Oct. 7: Jolie Holland
  • Sept. 30: TV on the Radio
  • Sept. 23: Cold War Kids and Kasai Allstars
  • Sept. 16: Emiliana Torrini and Lykke Li
  • Sept. 9: Calexico
  • (Sept. 2: No show)
  • Aug. 26: Randy Newman
  • Aug. 19: Miley Cyrus and the Jonas Brothers
  • Aug. 12: Jennifer O’Connor
  • Aug. 5: Conor Oberst
  • July 29: Dennis Wilson reissue
  • July 22: Black Kids
  • July 15: Paul Weller
  • July 8: Beck
  • July 1: The Hold Steady
  • June 24: Alejandro Escovedo
  • June 17: Wolf Parade
  • June 10: Coldplay
  • June 3: My Morning Jacket
  • May 27: Al Green
  • May 20: Death Cab for Cutie
  • May 13: Elvis Costello
  • May 6: Portishead
  • April 29: She & Him and Scarlett Johansson
  • April 22: Ike Reilly and the Jealous Girlfriends
  • April 15: Nick Cave
  • (April 8: No show)
  • April 1: R.E.M. and the Raconteurs
  • March 25: Counting Crows
  • March 18: Stephen Malkmus
  • March 11: Nine Inch Nails and Devotchka
  • March 4: Richard Julian and Jaymay
  • Feb. 26: Jim White
  • Feb. 19: Nick Lowe reissue, and Sons & Daughters
  • Feb. 12: KD Lang
  • Feb. 5: Sheryl Crow
  • Jan. 29: Joe Jackson and Vampire Weekend
  • Jan. 22: Cat Power and Liam Finn
  • Jan. 15: Magnetic Fields
  • Jan. 8: Kate Nash
  • Jan. 1: Looking ahead to 2008
  • —2007—
  • (Dec. 25: No show)
  • Dec. 18: Jesca Hoop, Beirut and Bjork
  • Dec. 11: Spoon and Battles
  • Dec. 4: Jazz and bluegrass box sets
  • Nov. 27: Disaster folk and the Brit Box
  • Nov. 20: I’m Not There soundtrack
  • Nov. 13: Aretha Franklin
  • Nov. 6: Levon Helm and Ween
  • Oct. 30: Robert Plant & Alison Krauss and Radiohead
  • Oct. 23: Neil Young
  • (Oct. 16: No show)
  • Oct. 9: Bettye LaVette and Sharon Jones
  • Oct. 2: Bruce Springsteen
  • Sept. 25: Iron & Wine and José González
  • Sept. 18: Nellie McKay and KT Tunstall
  • Sept. 11: Joe Henry and Wattstax
  • Sept. 4: Rilo Kiley
  • Aug. 28: Ben Harper and the New Pornographers
  • Aug. 21: Josh Ritter
  • Aug. 14: Linda Thompson
  • Aug. 7: Jesse Harris
  • July 31: Nicole Atkins and They Might Be Giants
  • July 24: Teddy Thompson and Prince
  • July 17: The Magic Numbers and St. Vincent
  • July 10: Spoon and Crowded House
  • July 3: Ryan Adams (Easy Tiger)
  • June 26: Bryan Ferry and Nick Lowe
  • June 19: White Stripes, Polyphonic Spree and Nick Drake
  • June 12: John Doe, Darfur benefit and Bonde do Rôle
  • June 5: Betty Davis reissues
  • May 29: Richard Thompson
 

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