The Pelican’s Perch

After hearing “Bixby Canyon Bridge” for the first time, quite possibly the best opening song of ‘08, it’s hard not to just throw up your arms then and claim victory. Death Cab have done it! All the hype and talk that while this one was different than their others, it may be their [...]

EDIT:  A Perch Earch listen?!  Now that’s a funny typo.  That’s what happens when you’re in a hurry.  Whoops.

Neon Golden, the 2002 Notwist classic, was one of those albums I obsessed over. I remember it being in the background for the latter part of my high school days and all throughout college. I [...]

I missed Stereogum’s exclusive mp3 from Wolf Parade’s newest album last week. It’s definitely an interesting direction for the band, who recorded long improvisational sessions in the Arcade Fire owned cathedral after scrapping five or so new songs since they sounded too much like Apologies. After a few listens to “Call It [...]

Speechless. That’s right, I said it. Speechless. Cloud Cult, who I thought were at the top of their game with their last release, The Meaning of 8, have somehow followed it up with an even better album. And I personally didn’t think that was possible.
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SSLYBY are some of the nicest, down to Earth guys you’ll ever meet. You think I’m nice and happy all the time, well, hang out with the guys from Boris Yeltsin and you’ll soon learn it’s possible to have even happier, nicer people than me. Now that I think about it, maybe it’s [...]