MGMT are hipsters and “Oracular Spectacular” is hipster art. That debut record from 2007, aside from being sonically magnificent at times, also happens to be a declarative generational statement in...

Milton Ragsdale, one-half of local experimental trans-genre duo Them Natives, recently handed me a copy of the group’s latest project. It’s a handheld box, a lightweight slab, hard-plastic and rectangular...

Milton Ragsdale, one-half of local experimental trans-genre duo Them Natives, recently handed me a copy of the group’s latest project. It’s a handheld box, a lightweight slab, hard-plastic and rectangular...

I should repeat with affection, for those who don’t know, the frequently observed fact that Blaine Duncan teaches high school English by day. By night he stands sweating over the sticky floor of Egan’s,...

I appreciate the interest Reed Watson has taken in my music column about The Dexateens. To stimulate frank conversation is the goal of anyone who aspires to write for the public’s consumption, and certainly...

Tuscaloosa duo Them Natives, on their grimy MySpace page, offer two helpful approximations of their sound. “It’s like Weezer tied to a U-boat during the Civil War,” writes someone. Elsewhere, simply:...

Yesterday, as a late birthday present to himself, your columnist purchased an old Technics turntable on eBay for about $80. It’s a direct-drive model from the early ‘80s, fully-automatic, with linear-tracking...

Before the March 31 video release of “Tightrope,” Janelle Monáe’s most notable solo compositions appeared on “Metropolis, Suite I of IV: The Chase,” a 2007 space-age themed concept EP starring...