Posts by Ian Cohen

  • Arcade Fire

    We Went There: A Night Among the Arcade Fire Reflektors at Capitol Records in Hollywood

    It’s been six days since Reflektor, Arcade Fire’s fourth LP, leaked, and I truly believe that most people spent the first three trying to sort out whether it’s better than The Suburbs, or even Funeral if they were feeling frisky. Maybe people are still grappling with that question, but as the workweek commenced, it feels […]

  • Matt Schaub

    Back to School: Trading NFL Quarterbacks to Their College Teams

    It’s pretty clear now that you cannot win a Super Bowl with Matt Schaub as your quarterback. Schaub just lacks that extra gear that sets him apart from the likes of Brady and Manning. The flip side, of course, is that he lacked the extra gear to inspire any real animus. Or so we thought. […]

  • Singer Alexis Krauss of Sleigh Bells

    Sleigh Bells and Cults: The Indie Pop Left-Behinds

    Let’s take a trip back to 2001. You’re at a party and, after a few drinks, you work up the courage to talk to that attractive and approachable man or woman you’ve been eyeing for the past hour or so. As these things typically turn out, you start discussing what music you’re into and they […]

  • The 1975

    The 1975: Ruthlessly Catchy and Accidentally Interesting

    You’re not supposed to vote for the same song in your annual best-of list three years in a row, but “Sex” is an exceptional song and, as such, I will need to make an exception. The song of which I speak has been recorded three separate times by, for all intents and purposes, three completely […]

  • Taylor Heinicke

    Is Old Dominion's Taylor Heinicke the Best Quarterback in Virginia?

    By most standards — or at least the standards in place to evaluate a season opener against East Carolina — Old Dominion quarterback Taylor Heinicke’s performance last Saturday was heroic. The junior ran up a 38-of-51, 338-yard, 3-touchdown, 0-interception passing stat line while running for 52 yards and a touchdown on 11 carries. Old Dominion […]

  • Geogria

    Rock and Jock Q&A: Band of Horses’ Ben Bridwell on the Upcoming University of Georgia Football Season

    I’d estimate something like 85 percent of my memories formed while living in Athens, Georgia, from 2003 to 2006 are unreliable at best. Nonetheless, I can say with a good amount of certainty that the kickoff of UGA’s football season annually coincided with a heroic run of Drive-By Truckers shows at the 40 Watt or […]

  • North Carolina

    Polvo’s Dave Brylawski Talks the State of UNC Sports (Plus, Premiere of Polvo’s New Song!)

    Polvo is a band from Chapel Hill that formed in 1990. After its debut LP, Cor-Crane Secret, it went on to release Today’s Active Lifestyles (on Merge) and Exploded Drawing (on Chicago’s Touch & Go). These were progressive and challenging albums that defined an exploratory, melodically complex variant of artful indie rock defined by unorthodox […]

  • The Wonder Years

    The Forgotten Pop-Punk Records of Summer

    Well, it’s official: The Song of Summer 2013 is “Blurred Lines.” Or “Get Lucky.” Or maybe it’s “We Can’t Stop” or “Take Back the Night.” Either way, no one bothered to clear any of this with you. Which is just as well; you’re not really a joiner anyway. Still, there’s something perfunctory about the whole […]

  • Angus Andrews

    Q&A: Liars’ Angus Andrew Talks Doc Rivers and Being a Clippers Fan

    In terms of the art rock world, Liars are a “band’s band.” They’re critically acclaimed, musically daring, and only slightly off the mainstream radar despite having no intention of putting themselves in that position. They’re the kind of group Radiohead usually wants as an opener (a true sign of admiration and perhaps secret envy), and […]

  • Mississippi guard Marshall Henderson

    ‘He’s a Man of the People, and Wants to Party With Them’: Bass Drum of Death’s John Barrett Talks About Marshall Henderson at Ole Miss

    The chaotic, hooky garage rock John Barrett makes as Bass Drum of Death can sound like a reaction to his hometown of Oxford, Mississippi, more than a reflection of it. After all, the Ole Miss college town is widely known as a genteel, artsy, and Faulkner-approved enclave in the Magnolia State, a place everyone with […]

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