Neal Santos But on this occasion, it’s Jimmy Amadie himself who poses the question. I’ve asked him, given the severe tendonitis in both hands that sidelined his career more than four decades ago and the health problems that have plagued…

Sacco – “Carnival Ghost”/”Driving” from stereogum on Vimeo. If ghosts are real then there’s no way they’re all bad. But clowns? Never trust a clown. Here’s Sacco on Bandcamp.  For more Music Videos of the Year, click here. 

Okay, truth be told, I don’t love the video, but I appreciate how amazingly recent-retro it is. This thing belongs between Shakespears Sister and a Clearasil commercial in the second hour of 120 Minutes. It’s got a touch of “Heart…

Bill Cosby | B Call me sentimental, but I actually enjoyed the hell out of Far From Finished (Comedy Central), Bill Cosby’s first standup comedy special in 30 years. There’s some weird timing and a bit of rambling, but that…

Criminally underappreciated locals Far-Out Fangtooth dropped a loud, crooked rock album called Borrowed Time on the Siltbreeze label this year. It’s probably time we stopped criminally underappreciating them. For more Music Videos of the Year, click here.

I guess I’m late to the game, but this was the year I learned of Norwegian pop wraith Jenny Hval, an artist commonly labeled a “provocateur.” This video’s pretty much NSFW. Contrary to what I published previously, however, I don’t…

Nick Cave doesn’t do interviews, generally, so it was funny to watch him sigh, eye-roll and eat a croissant during a “live video press conference” with members of the alt-weekly community last week. Basically, certain newspapers were partnered up and…

[ rock ] Live records are usually high on energy and low on fidelity; on White Fence’s new Live in San Francisco (the first in a concert-album series from the Castle Face label) the trade-off pays off. Recorded to tape, these blazing garage…

Michael M. Koehler STARTING FOUR: See-Through Girls — from left: Annie Mok, Zach Webber, Perry Genovesi and Alyssa San Valentin — play their first gig at the First Time’s the Charm showcase at PhilaMOCA on Saturday. At the end of…