Amanda Petrusich's posts

Nathan Salsburg, being both a solo acoustic guitar player and a champion of vernacular music (his Twos & Fews label,…

The patron saint of bespectacled lit critics who sometimes like to thrash, Colin Meloy has led The Decemberists…

The patron saint of bespectacled lit critics who sometimes like to thrash, Colin Meloy has led The Decemberists…

Every unjustly maligned genre deserves a three-disc savior, and for modern gospel music—often considered the…

Citing circumstantial evidence alone (cargo pants, puka-shell necklaces, freshman dorms the world over), it’s beyond…

The Killers can check off all the classic milestones of rock 'n' roll greatness: They've worn elaborate costumes…

Unadulterated revivalism, at least in music, is a dicey endeavor: Plainly regurgitating aged tropes can feel…

Much like new labelmate Fleet Foxes, Brooklyn's Death Vessel pushes vocals and lyrics straight to the forefront: Noth…

Proud veterans of The Smell, the not-for-profit L.A. venue/art space beloved for its vegan snacks, $5 covers, and…

Silver Jews frontman David Berman embodies a certain kind of indie zeitgeist:…

For a Southern-rock outfit with epic hair and a Kentucky pedigree, My Morning Jacket is uniquely squirrelly. Evil…

Since splitting with Pavement in the late 1990s, Stephen Malkmus has commanded a fruitful solo career, parlaying…

Kelley Stoltz is well-versed in iconic/eclectic '60s rock—The Beatles, The Beach Boys, Pink Floyd—and he synthesizes…

Sheryl Crow has taken lots of knocks for her political-talk proclivities: The ever-loveable Andrew Sullivan dubbed…

In 2005, singer-songwriter Jason Collett temporarily stepped away from the Canadian super-collective Broken Social…

Jukebox is Chan Marshall's second album of covers, and given all the semi-ridiculous presumptions regarding…

Black Mountain's self-titled 2005 debut was crammed full of Sabbath-inspired riffs and thick, druggy dirges, and…