Seriously, people. You’ll love NDFY forever if you heed this piece of advice: Go see Jim Bianco tomorrow night at the Living Room. Yeah, I mentioned him once before, but this time you’ve got a great opportunity to catch him live at CMJ: Tomorrow (Thursday) night at the Living Room.
There’s a little sense of pride […]

My good pal and excellent scribe, Dane Smith, offered to cover the Rilo Kiley show in Asheville on Friday but came away more impressed with openers Art in Manila. Here’s his front line report:

One of my favorite things about indie rock has always been the ever confusing, often misguided, yet occasionally breathtaking collaborations and musical […]

I first caught Phosphorescent by accident at Schubas last winter. I’d gone to see my good pal Cameron McGill hold court as he does, and arrived a bit early to relax with a cocktail and get the skinny on Cameron’s new record. I ducked into the music room for kicks and saw a grey-haired dude […]

That’s right, check out that sweet, sweet punctuation while you sample these treats:
Adrian Orange & Her Band - You’re My Home 
Boddicker - Mississippi
David Dondero - Rothko Chapel 
C.O.C.O. - You Think But You Don’t/Tamara Dobson
Shout Out Louds - Tonight I Have To Leave It 
His Name Is Alive - Go To Hell Mountain 
I’m going to Wilco tonight, […]

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.
(The world […]