College Students Tired Of This Crap Students at CNM’s Main Campus were verrrrry reluctant to discuss the election with me at lunchtime. Almost all of the people I approached—students [...] Lash Bower \ Nov 06, 2008 Read More
Abq Journal Swathed In Paid Political Advertising The Journal arrived this morning in a plastic bag with the text "Defend Freedom. Defeat Obama" emblazoned on one side. Apparently, the NRA, [...] Lash Bower \ Nov 06, 2008 Read More
Election Party Playlist Having an election party? Remember to properly lubricate your crew with some campaign-themed party jams. Here’s a playlist to get you started. "Shady [...] Lash Bower \ Nov 06, 2008 Read More
James Mercer’s Inverted World “We’re a little nervous,” James Mercer says into a cell phone as he stands outside the DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C., a [...] Lash Bower \ Apr 05, 2007 Read More The Shins are (from left) Dave Hernandez, James Mercer, Jesse Sandoval and Marty Crandall (Brian Tamborello)
Of Montreal With A Hawk And A Hacksaw It’s finally dawning on you that of Montreal is your favorite band. I’ll spare you the superlative laudation of The Elephant Six recording [...] Lash Bower \ Jan 18, 2007 Read More of Montreal (Rennie Solis)
The Album Leaf Driving Force James Lavalle Isn’t Afraid To Switch Things Up Classically trained multi-instrumentalist James LaValle is on the road with his massive electronic-orchestral endeavor, The Album Leaf. We found LaValle making his way [...] Lash Bower \ Jan 18, 2007 Read More James LaValle (www.thealbumleaf.com)
Calexico With Annuals Last month, George W. Bush signed election-year legislation authorizing the construction of a fence along 700 miles of the United States border with [...] Lash Bower \ Nov 30, 2006 Read More Calexico (Wendy Lynch)
Asobi Seksu There’s nothing better than being a part of something that’s happening right now . My superficial preoccupation with discovering the newest, secret-est band [...] Lash Bower \ Nov 23, 2006 Read More Asobi Seksu
Sonic Reducer It took pint-sized grime sprite Lady Sovereign two years and almost 20 Internet releases to finally cough up the massively overhyped hairball that [...] Lash Bower \ Nov 16, 2006 Read More
Irving With +/- I can’t help but feel bad for Irving. For every new sound or sweater-clad opus au courant , there are a thousand great [...] Lash Bower \ Nov 09, 2006 Read More Irving (Gail Salmo)
