Tynan's Anger

Arts & Culture Commentary from a Loving Digital Skeptic

Why Pavement’s Music Doesn’t Matter Anymore

Image via Wikipedia DISCLAIMER: Here are the reasons I don’t dislike Pavement: 1) Their music is fairly good. 2) I understand why they mattered so much in the early-to-mid 90s. 3) I like other independent label bands from that era that I wasn’t there to “get” either. Here are the reasons why Pavement infuriates me: [...]

Video of the Day: Your 33 Black Angels – "Lover’s Limbo"

Self-relesaed albums are a tricky proposition even in this bold-new internet musical economy. Usually, it depends on which critic happens to pick up your album out of the bin and likes it. Rolling Stone was the first to give Your 33 Black Angels a vote of confidence on their fantastic debut album Lonely Street, but [...]

Homophily in indie rock blogs

Last week there was excellent discussion on the increasingly essential On the Media last week about the Internet’s tendency to promote homophily. A lot of issues got swirled about (Moldova, Iran, swine flu, etc.), but the one that struck me most was about music: People feel extremely tribal and passionate about their music. And once [...]

You Can’t Compete With Cathy Santoni

No new post, but with Chicago rock ‘n’ roll in the news with Pitchfork and Lolla on the horizon, I thought it high time to republish a post from my old blog about one of the better local bands I encountered in Chicago*:The Cathy Santonies: University of Chicago Riot Grrls(November 6, 2007) One of my [...]

Rock ‘n’ Roll Case Studies #3: Holy Shit! Holy Shit! Holy Shit! The Jesus Lizard is getting back together!

Image by armcurl via FlickrWhy the return of a once-forgotten noise rock band has the rock world crapping their pants. Five years ago, if the Jesus Lizard had reunited, the indie rock world most likely would have shrugged it off. Never mind that, in 2003, the Jesus Lizard had only been broken up for 4 [...]