Email Author Travis Ritter

2008 Stories by Travis Ritter

• The Vaselines at SP20

  published July 9, 2008

  The Vaselines, the short-lived late '80s Glasgow band, built around Eugene Kelly and Frances McKee, may not have been well-known to the world in... More >>

• Head Like A Kite (CD release)

  published June 25, 2008

  The Postal Service may have set the high mark for melancholic, indie rock-rooted electronica, but given their seemingly infinite hiatus, acts like... More >>

• The Presets

  published May 21, 2008

  The Presets' techy electro knows how to pack a bite that fills you up like a meal. The Sydney, Australia–based duo creates a blitzing rave-up... More >>

• Unwed Sailor

  published May 21, 2008

  A friend and I were talking about instrumental post-rock bands, and how there really isn't anything new to say about them, and how there really... More >>

• Born Ruffians

  published March 19, 2008

  Over the past few years, Warp Records, which since the early '90s has been putting out some of the most forward-thinking electronic albums, has... More >>

• School of Language

  published March 19, 2008

  When the members of the U.K. indie band Field Music splintered off on their own creative pursuits last year, bells rang in the hallways of David... More >>

• Emeralds

  published March 12, 2008

  It seems like a lot of metal bands take themselves way too fucking seriously these days. What happened to the days when metal was just finding its... More >>

• The Raveonettes, Be Your Own Pet

  published March 5, 2008

  On one hand, the pleasant weather we’ve been experiencing lately has been fantastic. But on the other, I’m a little bummed that the... More >>

• Atlas Sound

  published March 5, 2008

  Regardless of whatever Pitchfork, Stereogum or Idolator has said about the pasty, toothpick-thin Bradford Cox and the curious/gross/odd/random... More >>

• DJ Shadow & Cut Chemist, the Hard Sell, Kid Koala

  published February 6, 2008

  It can be tough enough mixing with two turntables and one mixer, believe me. But how about eight turntables, four mixers, and some looping pedals?... More >>

• Holy Fuck, Super Furry Animals

  published February 6, 2008

  Wouldn’t it be nice if your mother actually took an interest in your taste in music and asked what you’ve been listening to lately? Not... More >>

• The Dutchess and the Duke

  published January 23, 2008

  The Dutchess and the Duke, the latest Seattle male/female duo to sign to Sub Pop imprint Hardly Art, have become one of my favorite new bands in... More >>

• Club Pop with White Williams

  published January 23, 2008

  Either White Williams has crawled through some magic portal that leads into the same mental microcosm where artistic visionaries like Bowie, Eno,... More >>

• Dan Deacon's Ultimate Reality

  published January 16, 2008

  The back cover of Ultimate Reality, a video collaboration between cheeky electro-gadget spaz Dan Deacon and video artist... More >>

• Circle Jerks

  published January 16, 2008

  When I was 13, my dad knocked on my bedroom door, looming overhead holding the tape of Circle Jerks’ Group Sex/Wild in the Streets... More >>

• Citay

  published January 16, 2008

  There’s really only one thing to be said about San Francisco’s Citay, the collaboration between Piano Magic’s Ezra Feinberg and... More >>

• Pittsburgh Slim

  published January 16, 2008

  If the white-sexy-bad boy club rap MC is as tired as the mash-up, you gotta wonder just where Pittsburgh Slim has been sleeping, or if he has just... More >>

• The Devil Makes Three

  published January 2, 2008

  Whether you’re either trying to continue or kick that liver-damaging champagne-and-winter ale New Years hangover, taking in the swilling... More >>

• Bikery Benefit with T.V. Coahran

  published January 2, 2008

  Not many can rock the squared-off Charlie Chaplin mustache and sea captain hat like the toy piano/guitar-playing T.V. Coahran, a musician as... More >>