Album Review B.G. and the Chopper City Boyz We Got This(Koch) 2 StarsOne of the definitive clichés of mainstream hip-hop is the "posse album," in which a successful artist uses his credibility and...

Album Review of High Llamas Can Cladders (Drag City) 3 and 1/2 starsCan we please go for a drive today in your racing-green 1986 Volvo? Can we take the train out to Oxford and read to each other from "Franny...

Album Review of Eluvium Copia (Temporary Residence) 4 StarsAmbient music tends to conjure images of sleeping, winter and Brian Eno. It can be either beautiful or like watching paint dry, depending on the...

The Strokes New Year's resolution: break the mold of their first two albums by releasing their third and most encompassing compilation to date, First Impressions of Earth. The boys from New York prove...

The first few months of college were hectic to say the least. Drama bubbling up from beneath me, work piling on top of me and all in this strange, new world ofVermont.Music is one of the few escapes remaining...

Woody Allen beautifully sets up this existential cipher in his newest film, Match Point, starring Scarlett Johansson and Jonathan Rhys-Meyers. Christopher Walton, Rhys-Meyers' character, has abandoned...

In the unfortunate era of 50 percent divorce rates and the subsequent decline of the nuclear family, Noah Baumbach's The Squid and the Whale surely resonates for the youth of "Generation Y." Director...

Artist: Devendra BanhartAlbum: Cripple Crow The album runs a little long. With 22 tracks, it tends to run its course by the end. There are moments though, for instance, "Heard Somebody Say" starts a...

Artist: Sun Kill MoonAlbum: Tiny Cities Sun Kill Moon's Mark Kozelek formerly was the frontman for Red House Painters and now has released a whole album dedicated to covers of Modest Mouse songs. The album...

Artist: The Fiery FurnancesAlbum: Rehearsing My Choir Brother and sister duo Eleanor and Matthew Friedberger return with their newest release, Rehearsing My Choir, which dives even deeper into their familiar...

With a tagline like, "relationships don't always fit like a glove," one can assume Steve Martin's "Shopgirl" to be a problematic film. Starring Claire Danes as Mirabelle Buttersfield, a Vermonter-moved-West-in-search-of-fame,...

Artist: Danger DoomAlbum: The Mouse and the Mask Any rap album that starts with a cartoon asking listeners "Why did you buy this album? You're stooooo-pid" immediately catches my attention. Danger...