The Boy Least Likely To reached a certain level of fame in the '00s on the strength of their debut album The Best Party Ever and the singles “Paper Cuts” and "Be Gentle With Me" (the video for…   Read Story »

Jobs were passed down generationally between strangers. One guy became an editor at a magazine, but used to be a music buyer at Mondo Kim's on St. Marks. My friend got the job and started a shoegaze…   Read Story »

The Chicago rapper/producer Tree calls his style "soul-trap," and that's a better genre descriptor than a critic nerd like me could come up with. Seen from a certain angle, Tree is an inheritor to…   Read Story »

One of the things I remember most from this year’s SXSW isn’t a particular artist, a showcase, or party. It’s a Daft Punk billboard. During that week, rumors had slowly swirled around Austin…   Read Story »

You never, as a music dork, stop learning this lesson, but the truth behind it stands: It's always, always a bad idea to dismiss an artist based on a terrible name. That rule is right up there with…   Read Story »