Rock

October 7, 2011

SONG OF THE DAY: Polvo — “A Link in the Chain”

|palimpsests of swelter beneath a new temperate regime| My general conception of great nineties guitar-based alternative music is indelibly centralized around Polvo, a band formed in 1990 in Chapel Hill,…

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September 16, 2011

SONG OF THE DAY: Low — “Try To Sleep”

|the crisp, suspirant purge| Low's latest album--their ninth--was released by Sub Pop in April. As with all their previous efforts, C'mon is a slow-burner, revealing itself in time to be a careful…

Music, Song of the Week(end)

September 12, 2011

SONG OF THE DAY: Unknown Mortal Orchestra — “Ffunny Ffriends”

| static momentum | From their eponymous debut LP, out now on Fat Possum Records

Music, Song of the Week(end)