One of my favorite albums of all time is "Club Wig," the eponymous debut of a band from Tuscaloosa, Ala. The band existed in one form or another from 1984 - at the time, anyone who wanted could get up and play with the band; drums consisted of two cardboard boxes -- until (I think) 1987. ...more

December 26, 2008

Downloading has killed the album, so the music industry would have you believe. Everyone just grabs their favorite tracks anyway, so what's the point of a carefully sequenced, start-to-finish listening event? ...more

December 4, 2008

By releasing 'In Rainbows' as a pay-what-you-will download (a conventional CD package is to be released in 2008), Radiohead stirred up plenty of speculation about its latest album, almost none of it having to do with the music. ...more

October 19, 2007