Articles by Brendan Murphy

Aesop Rock

PUBLISHED Aug 21, 2007

Brendan Murphy spoke to Aesop Rock about his big move from NYC to San Fran and how it affected his new album, None Shall Pass. What are y...

Aesop Rock Grows Up

PUBLISHED Aug 20, 2007

Aesop Rock was born Ian Matthias Bavitz in Long Island, New York City’s sprawling suburban cousin. He had no plans of staying. After comple...

Plants and Animals / The Luyas

Divan Orange, Montreal QC June 9

PUBLISHED Jun 21, 2007

Win Butler. Leonard Cohen. Richard Reed Parry. Two of these people were spotted at this show, while one was simply seen eating lunch somewh...

DJ Jazzy Jeff

The Return of the Magnificent

PUBLISHED Jun 20, 2007

Though every review of this album is supposed to start with a dig about the TV version of Jazzy Jeff on The Fresh Prince, any joke you coul...

Paul Wall

Get Money Stay True

PUBLISHED Apr 17, 2007

Well, the people’s champ has gone a little Rocky II and V on this one. Perhaps he’s been too busy screwin’ and a choppin’, or maybe he’s be...

Evidence

The Weatherman LP

PUBLISHED Apr 17, 2007

When setting out on one’s own, it helps to have both fire and water, a tent and sleeping bag, pigeon and stick, and, when it comes to rap,...

The Carps

The Young & Passionate Days of Carpedia

PUBLISHED Mar 23, 2007

This five-song EP from Toronto duo the Carps has some similarities to the sounds coming from Montreal’s Think About Life — a smashed-up smo...

Mudkids

Basementality

PUBLISHED Mar 22, 2007

While they say it about books, the ruling isn’t in yet on CDs, so let’s get my only real complaint out of the way: you got to man up on the...