Girl Talk
Wow, Gregg Gillis sure can throw one hell of a party. With just a laptop and a copious amount of streamers, confetti, and toilet paper, the man known professionally as Girl Talk completely invigorated …

“Milk Thistle” by invertedmonk
Conor Oberst has finally found a band he can get completely lost in. After years of trying, with all the various lineups and incarnations of Bright Eyes, and even having The Faint …

It is often difficult to gain a balanced perspective on an album after reading a single summary of the music. Bias can tilt the review, as can personal taste, history and just about everything else …

Birdmonster
The 7th Street Entry is a venue built specifically, it seems, for loud, sweaty rock shows. The intimacy (and, frankly, the grunginess of the place) lends itself nicely to dissonant, thunderous rock shows where you …