Under Construction until April 4th.
Lunchtime atop a Skyscraper, by Charles C. Ebbets We’re undergoing some design changes here at T-Sides while we ramp up for our relaunch. Don’t mind the mess. In the meantime, read our new Statement of Purpose, and please check back on April 4th, when our design changes will be finished, and we’ll have entirely new...
Statement Of Purpose
Andy Goldsworthy, Cairn Consider the following points as our Statement of Purpose. T-Sides intends to explore and examine these thoughts in particular, but most importantly, these are simply interests, not rules or restrictions. Above all, T-Sides aims to capture the real cultural experience, and in doing so, there can be no rules. Just the mind,...
State of the T-Sides Nation: 2011
I’ve struggled for about a year now over what to do with T-Sides. I started T-Sides at a time when music writing and journalism were changing. Not to say that they aren’t still changing, or aren’t always changing, but my decade or so pursuing a journalism career has been stretched across a serious shift in...
T-Sides Elsewhere, Jan. 24th Edition
I told you I would slowly get back into the game, and here I am. I wrote a review of Destroyer’s Kaputt for Bullz-Eye/ESD Music, I introduced one of my favorite tracks of 2010, Broken Social Scene’s “All To All” for the Contrast Podcast Festive Fifty, and I penned a write up of Giant Travel...
Jake One: “Home”
This is all I have to say about Sunday – and I’m letting this song say it for me. Esp. the 2:34-2:50 mark. More on the state of T-Sides to come.
Ode To The 2010 Seahawks: The Reprise
I told you we’re hungry. What, you didn’t believe me? Surely you believe me now, having defeated the reigning Super Bowl Champs in the most glorious, nail-biting, Seattle-like fashion. I’ve watched Marshawn Lynch’s half-dozen-tackle-breaking-67-yard-run at least 10 times since Saturday, and you know what? It never gets old. But then, the greatest feats in sports...
Ode to the 2010 Seahawks
My ears have been burning lately. No doubt so have Pete Carroll’s, Matt Hassellbeck’s, Charlie Whitehurst’s, and the ears belonging to every player on the Seattle Seahawks, and all of their fans, ever since the Seattle Seahawks became the losingest winning team in NFL history last Sunday night. With their victory over the St. Louis...
T-Sides’ 2010 in Review
Favorite Albums of 2010 Band of Horses, Infinite Arms For when you run away from home and want to keep on running. Current Favorite: “Blue Beard” (download) Broken Social Scene, Forgiveness Rock Record For when you’re ready to start all over again. Current Favorite: “Water In Hell” (download) Chief, Modern Rituals For when you want...
Wild Beasts @ Music Hall of Williamsburg, Sunday, February 28th
When Wild Beasts came to New York City last fall, they found themselves in the pressured position of having a lot to prove. They’d made only one US trek beforehand, to SXSW. Members of the press came out in droves to hear and see the UK foursome, now on their second album, Two Dancers, which...
Murder City Devils @ Nokia Theater, February 13th
Murder City Devils are no longer the kind of band that sets their drums on fire, or plays dive bars. For quite some time they were technically no longer even a band. But for now, having reunited for a series of shows instead of just one, they were a band. The kind of band who...
Yeasayer @ Bowery Ballroom, Monday, February 8th, & @ Music Hall of Williamsburg, Tuesday, February 9th
Alternately titled: How I got in to Two Sold Out Yeasayer Shows in New York City, A Tale of Happiness & Triumph One of the biggest challenges a music writer can face is writing about a band you adore. Sometimes you like something so much that the task of describing it is an overwhelming pressure....
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