This is far and away their best album, and it’s definitely my favorite.

A little scene-y, but overall, relatively valuable. Interesting cover stories (Jeff Tweedy, Tom Waits, etc.) and solid reviews. Well done, Magnet hipsters.

100% emo; not my cup of tea.

I’m on the fence about this one, but it seems better to be generous (worth consuming) than to display that hipster-chic cynicism. A note: the singer’s style and affect are strikingly similar to those of Conor Oberst.

I expected more from DJ Bonebrake and Exene Cervenka. Unlike John Doe (who was in X with the two), they’ve failed to break any new ground. I think I’m going to sell this one back. Ah well.

I listened to this record incessantly after my grandfather passed away. I’d lay in bed in my dorm room, noise cancelling headphones on, savoring “Will Try” most of all. I guess I won’t be able to separate out the worth of the art and its particular meaning to me for quite some time.

This falls woefully short of the infectious Chatham punk of “Heavens to Murgatroyd Even.” Not Billy Childish at his best.

I’ve read this novel three times since my seventeenth birthday and it never ceases to amaze and engage me. Yes, a thesis for a novel! Yes, a plot offered up as evidence! I’ve feverishly read a good number of Kundera’s other works, but none of them rival this one. It’s a masterpiece.