Funston

People and Dogs, 2009

Really?

Am I just imagining this, or do we really live in a country in which the best selling book is by Sarah Palin?

Crayon

After Party, Webster Street, 2008

Crayon

Party, Lake Street, 2009

Yacht and The XX

Have you noticed? There's a virtual explosion of black and white album art. (Here's another.) What could it mean? Is it, maybe, some wobbly bubble ascending from the muck of our collective unconscious, come to tell us that color is dead? Stay tuned.



In the meantime, these are two excellent albums. But very different. See Mystery Lights just plain rocks. In an electronic way. With maybe a Chicks on Speed kind of edge. Whereas you wouldn't necessarily say that X actually rocks. It's too perfect. But there's nothing wrong with that.

Gray City

Clement Street, 2009

Gray City

Lyon Street, 2009

Gray City

Union Street, 2008

Mare Island

Stack, 2008

Mare Island

Parking Lot, 2008

Day of the Dead

Octavia Street, 2004