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Crooked Fingers - Forfeit / Fortune (2008) -
I've been a Crooked Fingers fan from day one. I caught onto the self-titled almost immediately and fell in love with the re-incarnated Eric Bachmann. As expected, this project is getting fuller and fuller upon every release and Forfeit / Fortune is no exception. But I think that 4 great...
Crooked Fingers, 'Forfeit/Fortune' (Red Pig/Constant Artists) -
Former Archers of Loaf frontman Eric Bachmann has led the folksier Crooked Fingers for nearly a decade, but he still operates in the shadow of his semi-seminal indie-rock outfit, due to an inconsistency that also plagues Forfeit/Fortune. Magisterial opener "What Never Comes" folds an aching, Southern-accented melody into beautifully Bowie-esque...
Crooked Fingers :: Forfeit / Fortune -
Three years marks the longest yet that listeners have had to wait for a new Crooked Fingers album. Though Eric Bachmann’s 2006 To the Races solo album did come out in the meantime, it wasn’t the same as a full on assault from the band. Forfeit / Fortune crafts some...
Unless It Kicks -
Photo by Frank YangSome people spend Thanksgiving with their families. I spend mine with rock'n'roll bands. Two years ago at Pop Montreal, last year at The Phoneix with The National and this year again at the Phoneix with Okkervil River and Crooked Fingers. It's okay - my parents have a...
Archers of Loaf Make Surprise Live Comeback -
It was the poorest-kept secret in town: The unidentified "Special Guests" on the bill at Saturday night's Love Language show at Carrboro, N.C.'s Cat's Cradle were Archers of Loaf, the much-beloved indie icons from adjacent Chapel Hill, making their first public appearance since 1998 (at the site of their last...
MP3s: Superchunk - Digging for Something -
MP3: Superchunk - "Digging for Something" from Majesty Shredding, due September 14 on Merge.
And if that's not enough Chunk for you, Merge is also issuing remastered versions of classics No Pocky for Kitty (1991) and On the Mouth (1993) on August 17. Here's a taste:
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