| 2013’s Most Overlooked Albums | January 7, 2014 |
Max Bellwas once traded for Pau Gasol. Some pale and anemic soul slumped behind a computer will soon devise an algorithm compiling a list of all the lists on the Internet. Said meta-list will be outdated the minute it goes up; that is unless there’s some automatic refresh built-in. Until that ominous day the Mayans […]
| Passion of the Weiss Fall Mix #6 — Evan Nabavian | November 12, 2013 |
I’ll make this quick because I’m hearing things that suggest I’ve worn out my welcome at this particular Dunkin Donuts like, “This guy needs to buy more than two munchkins every hour to use our WiFi” and “Why the fuck does he think it’s OK to take his shoes off?” Fall is a bullshit season, […]
| The Top 50 Albums of 2011 (#25-1) | December 23, 2011 |
Verse two, coming with that Heineken brew…. See Also: Passion of the Weiss Top 50 Albums (#50 – 26) See Also: Passion of the Weiss Top 50 Albums: 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006 25. Big K.R.I.T. – Return of 4Eva [Self-Released] Big K.R.I.T. rose to “next” status not necessarily because of his overly impressive rapping […]
| The Top 50 Albums of 2011 (#50-1) | December 22, 2011 |
Like we always do about this time. See Also: Passion of the Weiss Top 50 Albums: 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006 50. Ty Segall – Goodbye Bread [Drag City] The sun rises slowly and when it hits Ty Segall’s window, he imitates its motion and before he gets out of bed, he stretches and unleashes […]
Douglas Martin listened to 1,498 records this year. By a rough estimate. A bunch of great indie labels released music this year. If I paid tribute to them all, it would feature over 100 albums with a word count that rivals The Iliad. Sub Pop, Matador, Merge, Domino, 4AD, Slumberland, Captured Tracks, Woodsist, In the […]
| The West is The Best | July 5, 2011 |
Expect the Dirty Shoes treatment on Wooden Shjips some time soon. In the meantime, I’ll stick to what I do best: brief hyperbolic declarations. After all, this is probably my favorite rock record of the year and now that Jack White has laid down his Stripes, Ripley Johnson may be my favorite guitarist. The San […]
| I Can’t Go To Sleep: The Most Slept-On Rock Records of the Year | December 13, 2010 |
Bring it back, bring it back, bring it back. Autolux – Transit Transit – [TBD] Returning to Transit squared several months after its unheralded release, I’m struck by the vast lunar spaces captured by Autolux. The veteran LA art rockers conduct their transportation exercises among nebulae and quasars, capturing a cold world of found and […]
| Rain and Darkness | July 26, 2010 |
The rule goes that to be taken seriously in the modern-day psychedelic world you need a serious beard–this is why I trust Wooden Shjips, Darker My Love, and Rick Ross. There is no acid trip that can create a world so lush and fantastic as Bawse, but props to his pale-faced peers for attempting to […]
Douglas Martin prefers Caesar to Septimius Severus The sentiment has become so well-worn that it’s now cliché: San Francisco’s psych/garage scene is extremely prolific. The Fresh & Onlys have a new EP out after releasing two full-lengths last year. John Dwyer, resident lynchpin of the city he reps, has led Thee Oh Sees to four […]
Being as though Thee Oh Sees, my personal favorite live band in the world, tour throughout the world on a very frequent basis, I have no idea how John Dwyer has enough time to write songs at such an alarmingly prolific rate. Does he write them on tour? Do I admire them as a live […]
