Archive: Please Explain
Please Explain to Me ... Jenny Lewis
"Don't you hate pants?!" (Press Here Publicity). Now if J. Freedom were writing this it might be called, "Please Explain to Me ... How Somebody Whose First Solo Album I Loved Could Do Something SO Insipid." And for the sake of this argument I'll mostly stick to "Acid Tongue,"...
By David Malitz | September 23, 2008; 10:44 AM ET | Comments (10)
Photo-Caption Contest: The Killers
Island Def Jam just announced the details of a new Killers album: "Day & Age," out Nov. 25, produced by dance-music dude Stuart Price, first single 'Human," etc etc etc. What really struck me about the release, though, was the band's new publicity photo: It's ... um ... well ......
By J. Freedom du Lac | September 15, 2008; 10:16 AM ET | Comments (13)
Please Explain to Me ... Rage Against The Machine
Bore, bore, yes ya gonna bore me. It's convention time, so why not try to find some cross section between politics and music? In this case, I'm going see if anyone can convince me that Rage Against the Machine isn't one of the worst bands in the history of...
By David Malitz | August 25, 2008; 02:04 PM ET | Comments (16)
The Photo Malitz Doesn't Want You To See
From L to R, Kevin, David, Joe and Nick Jonas. (Kyle Gustafson for TWP)...
By J. Freedom du Lac | August 25, 2008; 11:18 AM ET | Comments (10)
Please Explain to Me ... Concert T-Shirts
So I'm with birthday boy Klimek outside the Coldplay show last night, and we see a guy at Chipotle wearing a Viva La Vida T-shirt, presumably purchased (for $35) at an earlier stop on the tour. Fancy that. I've never been a concert-tee guy myself, having purchased exactly one in...
By J. Freedom du Lac | August 4, 2008; 10:55 AM ET | Comments (21)
Please Explain to Me ... Girl Talk
He has no idea what Ian Snell's problem is. Girl Talk is Gregg Gillis, a fine lad from Pittsburgh who can often be seen sporting a Pirates cap. (See right, go Bucs!) He's also one of the hottest names on the indie circuit thanks to his mashups that the...
By David Malitz | July 29, 2008; 12:04 PM ET | Comments (0)
Please Explain to Me ... Kenny Chesney
No shoes, no shirt, plenty popular. It's been a few months since we rolled out this feature by asking you, the Post Rock readers/ interlopers/ commenters/ hecklers, to explain the worthiness and appeal of My Bloody Valentine's "Loveless." Decent idea, apparently, as one of my favorite music blogs recently...
By J. Freedom du Lac | July 18, 2008; 12:46 PM ET | Comments (54)
Please Explain to Me ... My Bloody Valentine's 'Loveless'
In the wake of yesterday's supposedly mindblowing announcement of All Tomorrow's Parties New York (which is basically the indie-rock version of an overpriced baseball old-timers camp, only instead of Joe Pepitone and Bobby Richardson reliving past glories you've got Doug Martsch and John McEntire doing the same), I thought...
By David Malitz | April 23, 2008; 04:15 PM ET | Comments (0)
