It’s extremely hard to remain unbiased, and expel pre-conceived notions when seeing a live show. It’s even harder to do so when the bar is set high, rather than low. “Expect the worst, hope for the best” is a far more preferable mantra than, “expect the best, and somehow end up with the worst.” ...

With the end of the decade coming up quicker than we’d like to acknowledge, it’s more important now than ever to take inventory of the best albums released in recent months. And the inevitable result of doing so is finding that handful of amazing albums that didn’t end up in our review pile upon ...

We recently celebrated the 20th anniversaries of both Sub Pop and Merge Records by compiling a list of our 20 favorite albums from each label. Well, as it turns out, yet another one of our favorites, Warp Records, is hitting the 20-year mark. The label is undergoing its own massive celebration, ...

Now here’s a crazy thought. September is next week! My how time keeps slipping away. In fact, in just a few months, we’ll be in a whole new decade (sort of)! But while there’s still time left in 2009, we’re going to celebrate the music that we’re looking forward to most. Fall is frequently the ...

The decade has almost come to an end. And of course, you know what that means-lists, `best ofs' and all kinds of general retrospective features and columns. Treble is no exception, hard at work on figuring out the best albums and singles of the past nine years. Yet, before we get into albums ...

Certain artists have a way of creating music that simultaneously sounds amazing and evokes an intense emotional response from the listener. While most artists would likely be content to accomplish but one of these tasks, a small and elite group of songwriters have pulled off parallel assaults on ...

I love the Bowery Ballroom. It is truly one of our nation’s greatest live music venues. The sound is phenomenal, its shows rarely start late, and if you’re assertive enough, there is always a spot waiting for you right in front of the stage. Upon arriving at the Bowery last Saturday to see the ...

“Life is too short to compromise time and resources... it may be tempting and more comfortable to just keep your head down, plod along, and appease those who demand: ‘Sit down and shut up,’ but that's the worthless, easy path; that's a quitter's way out. And a problem in our country today is ...

As the CD becomes ever more endangered, we manage to get music delivered in a different variety of formats, primarily downloads or streams. But there’s still some old-fashioned labels out there who believe in printing up some good quality vinyl, and we’ve gotten some solid 7-inch singles delivered ...

The decade has almost come to an end. And of course, you know what that means-lists, `best ofs' and all kinds of general retrospective features and columns. Treble is no exception, hard at work on figuring out the best albums and singles of the past nine years. Yet, before we get into albums ...