Adventures of a Waterboy by Mike Scott
When Bob Dylan’s memoir, Chronicles, Vol. One, appeared in 2004, I approached the book with a mix of anticipation and…
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Swans: The Seer
In music, "lengthy" doesn't necessarily equal "epic." But in the case of The Seer, the 12th studio album from experimental…
Satan is Real: The Ballad of the Louvin Brothers by Charlie Louvin with Benjamin Whitmer
Picking cotton the old fashioned way—by hand—was damned hard and unpleasant work. For the late Charlie Louvin, picking…
2 Chainz: Based on a T.R.U. Story
This guy’s a big story in beating rap’s merciless turnover rate. I loved a song by him—Playaz Circle’s “Duffle Bag Boy”…
Dan Deacon: America
“America” is not an easy word to digest.