Tom Lynch

Adult., "Gimme Trouble" (2005)
Detroit’s paranoid electro freakout is as warped as it is penetrating

Brokeback, "Field Recordings from the Cook County Water Table" (1999)
Doug McComb’s best work under the Brokeback moniker—textured and inventive

Califone, "Quicksand/Cradlesnakes" (2003)
Avant-garde art-rock from one of the country’s best bands

Califone, "Roots & Crowns" (2006)
More perfection—the cover of Psychic TV’s "The Orchids" is a must-hear

Eleventh Dream Day, "Eighth" (1997)
A sonically expansive record, "Eighth" introduced a new EDD

Eleventh Dream Day, "Prairie School Freakout" (2006)
A reissue of EDD’s seminal record, with the "Wayne" EP tacked on

Freakwater, "Feels Like the Third Time" (1993)
Carefully constructed backwoods country that started a revolution in the Americana world

Janet Bean and the Concertina Wire, "Dragging Wonder Lake" (2003)
Multi-instrumentalist Bean’s first solo endeavor, an album with an affecting sound and a staggering list of contributors on hand to help build it

John Parish, "How Animals Move" (2002)
Elegant, peaceful work from an underappreciated artist

The National Trust, "Kings and Queens" (2006)
A dancefloor mix of house, disco and bubblegum pop—the local duo’s efforts are infectious.

Nerves, "S/T" (1998)
The kind of slaughterhouse rock ‘n’ roll that just doesn’t exist anymore

The Sea and Cake, "The Fawn" (1997)
Still the much-accomplished, Sam Prekop-led band’s best album

Tortoise, "Millions Now Living Will Never Die" (1996)
The influential band’s second full-length—a massive, brooding, unforgettable journey

Tortoise, "TNT" (1998)
Another giant, diverse offering from the post-rock geniuses—with more electronic composition

Trans Am, "The Surveillance" (1998)
Instrumental madness that borders on unhealthy paranoia (Tom Lynch)

(2007-11-27)

Also by Tom Lynch

Tip of the Week
Written and performed by The Frames leader Glen Hansard and Czech pianist and vocalist Marketa Irglova—who are the two leads in the film and tour as The Swell Season—the music is more complex than typical singer-songwriter fare, and when the two make the most of their vocal harmonies and last-chorus crescendos, it’s as meaningful and resplendent as anything
(2007-11-19)

Math Man
Snaith, who now calls London home, began recording under the name Manitoba right about the turn of the century, releasing a handful of simple, minimalist IDM-pop records, mostly instrumental, including the marvelous "Start Breaking My Heart."
(2007-11-06)

Seeing Red
This week sees the New Press release of "Unmarketable: Brandalism, Copyfighting, Mocketing, and the Erosion of Integrity," a terrific, jarring and informed account of underground culture’s infiltration by the corporate world
(2007-10-30)

Tip of the Week
If "Set Yourself on Fire" was a command from Canada’s genius Stars to basically call it a day because everything’s so fucked up, then "In Our Bedroom After the War" is the afterglow if you didn’t take the band’s advice. The new record, again on Arts & Crafts, is not the masterpiece that was 2004’s "Fire," but the lovelorn and ruthless crew are still a forceful unit
(2007-10-30)

Tip of the Week
(2007-10-30)

Tip of the Week
(2007-10-23)

Tip of the Week
(2007-10-23)

Disturbia on Broadway
(2007-10-23)

Over "In Rainbows"
(2007-10-19)

Spread the Word
(2007-10-16)

Adult Music
(2007-10-16)

Tip of the Week
(2007-10-16)

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