The Pelican’s Perch

I’m sure most of you have been wondering what happened to the old Perch, the one that had two or three updates a day and got you the new indie music news on a daily basis.  I often wondered that too myself.  Basically, a few months ago I lost my long time job.  So, for [...]

Well, this is it.  The ten albums that represent the cream of the crop for my 2008.  I think it’s hilarious that it’s March and I’m finally to my top 10, but better late than never I guess.  Enjoy the final installment of my list!

You know you’re super busy when completely forget you didn’t finish your year end list. Everyone thank Michael in Ireland for getting me off my lazy behind to finally finish my list. Let’s get this puppy finished already.

Ah, my year end list.  Late as usual.  Have to keep with tradition right?  2008 was an odd year musically for me.  With my life getting twice as busy as my record label started taking off, I found myself having less and less time to search for and consume new music, and instead did something [...]

Okkervil River
The Stand-Ins

Okkervil River are mood music.  Meaning I have to be in the mood to listen to a whole album of theirs.  So, it’s no surprise that this new album finds the same fate.  I’ve read that it’s part two of the story that began with their last album, but I’ve never looked beyond [...]

Ah, the infamous list.  I saw the link on someone’s blog, gave a slight chuckle, then said what the heck, I’ll check it out.  I’m working on my list at the moment, and I can say it’s drastically different from Pitchfork’s, but that could be based on a variety of factors.  My life has been [...]

Well now.  I got quite a few emails from you guys saying how great/terrible/etc. my top 5 list of the half year was.  That’s perfectly fine, but a lot of you seem to have overlooked my statement saying any of the bottom 3 could have been swapped out for a multitude of good albums released [...]

June is here already, which is crazy to think, and that means we’re halfway through the year. You know what that means. It’s time for my top 5 albums of the half year. I counted up the albums in my 2008 folder and I’ve got over 60 solid albums. It’s been [...]