The New Pornographers get Together for new album

By Alex Young on January 21st, 2010

St. Vincent, Beirut, and Okkervil River among the guest contributors!

CoS Year-End Report: The Top 100 Albums of ‘09: 75-51

By Michael Roffman on December 15th, 2009

75. Florence Valentin – Spring Ricco

Spring means run in Swedish. Ricco is an allusion to the wealthy 16-year-old Riccardo Campogiani who didn’t survive the injuries caused by kicks to his head from his equally wealthy peers after a party in central Stockholm. If economic independence doesn’t prevent violent and extreme social behavior, then what [...]

Flaming Lips, MGMT, Yo La Tengo head Treasure Island ‘09

By Alex Young on July 12th, 2009

Bob Mould, MSTRKRFT, The Decemberists, Girl Talk and Beirut also included.

Album Review: Beirut – March of the Zapotec/Holland

By Anthony Balderrama on February 16th, 2009

If ever you want to feel bad about yourself, put on a Beirut album. The band is the brainchild of Zach Condon, an almost 23 year-old, Santa Fe multi-instrumentalist whose solo songs went from a MySpace page to the blogosphere, resulting in 2006’s critical darling, Gulag Orkestar, and a full-fledged band. He was 20 when [...]