When I was a young filly just out of the oh-so-rocking gates of a private East Coast college and ready to jump into a music industry career, I interviewed for a publicity assistant position at Victory Records. This was to be (thankfully, you’d better believe) my only one-on-one interaction with Tony Brummel, and it’s one […]

I know this marks the second time in a week that I’ve mentioned this guy, but I was cleaning out the cellar that is the “Music” file folder on my laptop when I rediscovered a forgotten gem that just screams “I am so glad I went to that lame party in Saturday night so […]

Being from Milwaukee, there are certain things that were unavoidable in my youth: snow, Dahmer drama, da Packers, and the Violent Femmes. When I was in junior high, I even babysat a couple of times for Victor DeLorenzo’s kids, as his son was my little sister’s boyfriend. We Milwaukeeans don’t have a whole lot […]

Now that I’ve spent a bit of time with the New Pornographers’ forthcoming Matador release, Challengers, I’m crawling into a songwriting void and never picking up a guitar again. Add in Ryan Adams’ and Spoon’s recent releases, and its clear that the gods of song craft have drained the talent pool into other vessels.
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How much money do you think Clear Channel has? I mean, really - everywhere I go and everything I listen to seems to be connected to this radio/live music behemoth. I’ve got no problems with a company working hard to establish itself and make some bucks off of consumers…I do live in America, after all. […]