I had never heard of this Brooklyn indie-rock band until a helpful blog comment alerted me to their existence (unsurprising, I am hardly on the cutting edge of what’s cool in the music world these days) but now they’re on nearly-obsessive iPod rotation whenever I’m in my car. I have their Charm School and The […]

I was surprised to find both an “explicit” and a “clean” version of this CD available, because I hadn’t noticed any Bad Words in my apparently unclean version. A brief look at the album insert reveals 1 s-word, 1 bull-augmented s-word, 1 f-word used as an exasperated adjective, several “oh god”s—and lyrics that are […]

I’m sorry. Those of you who don’t celebrate Christmas are probably like, “OH NO, NO MORE CHRISTMAS PLEEEEEASE, WHEN OH WHEN WILL IT BE OVER!!??” Just a few more days of it. Hang in there.
One Christmas long ago I mentioned I wanted Christmas CDs, and I got them from EVERYONE. The […]

I posted about some Thanksgiving-themed items over at Work It, Mom! and in doing so realized just how much stuff falls into Amazon’s “Prime” category these days. Amazon Prime is basically a membership program where you pay $79 per year in order to access free standard and two-day shipping on their eligible items.
I signed […]

“Jesca Hoop [..] writes and sings twisty, sprawling, lyrically abstract songs, featuring strange sonorities and offbeat rhythms. Her music sounds as if it comes from an imaginary country, and she sings in the accented English of someone from that country.” — The New York Times
“Excellent debut from a very talented singer/songwriter with a unique take […]