Jon Young

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Songs You Should Listen To Right Now
Mon Jun. 7, 2010 4:00 AM PDT

Music: The Way of the World (Mose Allison)
Thu Apr. 1, 2010 4:00 AM PDT

Music: The Big To-Do (Drive-By Truckers)
Fri Mar. 19, 2010 4:00 AM PDT

Music: The Winter of Mixed Drinks (Frightened Rabbit)
Tue Mar. 9, 2010 2:00 AM PST

Music: San Patricio (The Chieftains Featuring Ry Cooder)
Tue Mar. 9, 2010 2:00 AM PST

Music: Heart of My Own (Basia Bulat)
Tue Dec. 29, 2009 5:30 PM PST

Music: Staggering (Boy Genius)
Tue Dec. 29, 2009 5:13 PM PST

Music: End Times (Eels)
Tue Dec. 29, 2009 4:52 PM PST

Music: The Amazing Oscar Micheaux (Stace England and the Salt Kings)
Mon Dec. 28, 2009 1:51 PM PST

Music Review: Cold Fact

First released in 1970, this album should spark a rediscovery of Detroit native Sixto Diaz Rodriguez.

September/October 2008 Issue

Music Review: Chemical Chords

Stereolab's latest album finds the sextet in a friendly groove. Don't miss the title track.

September/October 2008 Issue

Music Review: The Rhumb Line

Ra Ra Riot's first full-length album is a burst of ecstatic pop, sure to charm sophisticates and thrill seekers alike.

September/October 2008 Issue

Music Review: Season of Sweets

Modey Lemon. <i>Birdman</i>.

July/August 2008 Issue

Music Review: Diamond Hoo Ha

Supergrass. <i>Astralwerks</i>.

July/August 2008 Issue

Music Review: Exit Strategy of the Soul

Ron Sexsmith's brooding introspection is the perfect antidote to irony overload.

July/August 2008 Issue

Music Review: Two Men With the Blues

Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis. <i>Blue Note</i>.

July/August 2008 Issue

Music Review: Stronger

Carlene Carter. <i>Yep Roc</i>.

May/June 2008 Issue

Music Review: Pershing

Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin. <i>Polyvinyl</i>.

May/June 2008 Issue

Music Review: Warchild

Emmanuel Jal. <i>Sonic360/Fontana/Universal</i>

May/June 2008 Issue

Music Review: Everywhere at Once

Lyrics Born. <i>Anti-</i>.

March/April 2008 Issue

Music Review: The Hands

The Hands. <i>Selector Sound</i>.

March/April 2008 Issue

Music Review: B.I.P.P.P.: French Synthwave 1979-85

Various Artists. <i>Everloving</i>.

March/April 2008 Issue

Music Review: Transnormal Skiperoo

Jim White. <i>Luaka Bop</i>.

March/April 2008 Issue

Time For Heroes: The Best Of The Libertines

The Libertines. <i>Rough Trade</i>.

Thu Jan. 17, 2008 1:00 AM PST

Mutantes Live: Barbican Theater, London, 2006

Os Mutantes. <i>Luaka Bop</i>.

January/February 2008 Issue

45:33

LCD Soundsystem. <i>DFA</i>.

January/February 2008 Issue

Bettye LaVette: The Scene of the Crime

Bettye LaVette. <i>Anti-</i>.

November/December 2007 Issue

Foo Fighters: Echoes, Silence, Patience &amp; Grace

Foo Fighters. <i>Roswell/RCA</i>.

November/December 2007 Issue

Nellie McKay: Obligatory Villagers

Nellie McKay. <i>Hungry Mouse</i>.

November/December 2007 Issue

Steve Earle: Washington Square Serenade

Steve Earle. <i>New West</i>.

November/December 2007 Issue

Challengers

The New Pornographers. <i>Matador</i>.

September/October 2007 Issue

Tainted Love: Mating Calls and Fight Songs

Shivaree's sultry chanteuse, Ambrosia Parsley, debunks the phony romanticism often embedded in pop music.

September/October 2007 Issue

Hey Hey My My Yo Yo

Members of the B-52's, Le Tigre, and Motown cult favorites the Velvelettes help Junior Senior elevate the pursuit of innocent fun to a fine art. <i>Rykodisc/Crunchy Frog</i>.

September/October 2007 Issue

100 Days, 100 Nights

Sharon Jones &amp; the Dap-Kings. <i>Daptone</i>.

September/October 2007 Issue

John Doe: A Year In The Wilderness

John Doe. <i>Yep Roc</i>.

Sat Jun. 30, 2007 12:00 AM PDT

Kim Richey: Chinese Boxes

Kim Richey. <i>Vanguard</i>.

Sat Jun. 30, 2007 12:00 AM PDT

Meat Puppets: Anodyne

Meat Puppets. <i>Anodyne</i>.

Sat Jun. 30, 2007 12:00 AM PDT

Blackwing Yalobusha

The Moaners. <i>Yep Roc</i>. Recorded at a Mississippi studio frequented by blues great Junior Kimbrough, the duo&#146;s second album makes a fabulous racket.

May/June 2007 Issue

Gutterfly: The Original Soundtrack

Lifesavas. <i>Quannum Projects</i>. Allegedly inspired by an unfinished '80s blaxploitation film, Gutterfly purports to chronicle the adventures of fearless "ghetto superheroes" in Razorblade City (a.k.a. Lifesavas' hometown of Portland, Oregon).

May/June 2007 Issue

Momento

Bebel Gilberto. <i>Six Degrees</i>. The daughter of bossa nova legend Joao Gilberto made a splash by adding electronica to classic Brazilian sounds on her debut, though a more traditional sequel went relatively unnoticed.

May/June 2007 Issue

Traffic and Weather

Fountains of Wayne. <i>Virgin</i>. They're not quite John Cheever or Alice Munro, but Fountains of Wayne's Adam Schlesinger and Chris Collingwood are the closest thing in rock and roll to great short-story writers.

May/June 2007 Issue

Lily Allen, "Alright, Still"

<i>Capitol</i>. The coolest new flavor of pure pop arrives courtesy of Britain's Lily Allen, whose reggae- and funk-inflected tunes could be pages ripped from a dishy diary.

March/April 2007 Issue

The Holmes Brothers, "State of Grace"

The Holmes Brothers. <i>Alligator</i>.

March/April 2007 Issue

Sondre Lerche and the Faces Down, "Phantom Punch"

<i>Astralwerks</i>. Slashing electric guitar and clattering drums intensify Lerche's melancholy romanticism.

March/April 2007 Issue