Did we skip winter? Damn. There must have been tons of new singles and EPs released in the past six months, but we’re not going to attempt to give the run-down on all of them. Instead, we’d like to offer a few of the more notable EPs of late, not because of their star power, but because they ...

When Tracyanne Campbell, in lavender dress, and her fellow Glaswegian band members in Camera Obscura took the stage, I was ready to be heartbroken. But Campbell and her band mates took their time in breaking it. With cups of tea in hand, they smiled before their swooning audience. The set began ...

1. “Ca Plane Pour Moi” – Plastic Bertrand Right off the bat, my iPod is ready to rock. Rock absurdly, but rock all the same. For some reason, this song appears pretty regularly during my shuffles, perhaps it’s the device’s own personal favorite. I can’t say that it’s not one of mine as ...

Hello all. I’m still attempting to make this a quarterly column, but the dictates of moderate career stagnation; personal ambition and leisure travel sometimes prevent things from flowing ideally. Not everything featured here is absolutely fresh. It all makes my ears happy though… I’ll begin ...

It’s only been a little more than a month since the last Album of the Week mix was posted on Treble, but somehow, the past six weeks bombarded us with awesome and hugely epic, and therefore lengthy songs. In fact, if this were a mix tape, it’d probably cut off in mid-song. It’s a good thing there ...

My brother said it best after he got off the plane. There he was, on an earlier flight than mine from Seattle to Austin, reading a book. Sitting behind him was a band, and it was obvious. “Dude, what should we play first?” “Man, I think ...

Since the turn of the millennium, the status of the Elephant 6 collective has been a bit unclear. Many of the bands within the psychedelic lo-fi set were still active, save for Olivia Tremor Control and Neutral Milk Hotel, but the logo disappeared. People stopped talking about it. Perhaps out of a ...

Some call it the bargain rack. Others call it the cut-out bin. And with outposts such as Half.com, it’s even got a digital equivalent. It’s a place every music geek knows all too well, the used, discount section of every record store, where re-sold promotional discs and overstocked items go, only ...

When I was told that Of Montreal’s sound check took something like 6 hours, and that they intentionally tour with DJs and bands with minimal gear to avoid excess encroachment upon their elaborate sets, I knew I was in for something unique. When it comes to Of Montreal shows, anything goes—costume ...

I don’t really believe in astrology, but one of the traits of my sign is supposed to be that I can’t ever make up my mind. So, why fight it? Homer Simpson had it right when he hid out at the retirement home. Upon seeing a patient hooked up to a respirator, he gets angry, saying, “And here I am ...