REVIEWS

Blink 182

While it's not by any means a good album, this album is something of a noble failure. Western Homes defends his position delicately.


RANTS

The Shins

The Shins? Saviors of "Indie Rock?" Is it worth saving a genre that has become the most conservative and inflexible of the 21st century? Harold Liu sounds off.


INTERVIEWS

Sun Kil Moon

Taking a break from Red House Painters, Mark Kozelek chats with NATN about a new phase in his career: the debut album from Sun Kil Moon.

What's on our record player:



Sufjan Stevens
Michigan

The Walkmen
Bows And Arrows

The Breeders
Last Splash

TV on the Radio
Young Liars EP

Cooper Temple Clause
Kick Up The Fire And Let The Flames Break Loose

#1 Record/Radio City

Big Star
#1 Record/Radio City
Western Homes gives NATN readers an overview of Big Star, the band's amazing cult status, and this, its great two-headed monster-piece.

Zuma

Neil Young
Zuma
After the dark drunk period of Tonight's the Night and the stoned recovery of On The Beach, , Neil finally hits his stride on Zuma.

Lifestyle

Silkworm
Lifestyle
Western Homes explains his affinity for Lifestyle, which he considers a "five-star record.

Tenacious D

Tenacious D
Tenacious D
Take two of those McNuggets and shove them up your ass! Confused? Western Homes explains.

Ether Teeth

Fog
Ether Teeth
If necessity or progress had anything to do with music, this album would have long been hailed as the worst disc to ever shoot forth.

Pinback
Pinback shoots the breeze with NATN about its past and future indie-rock adventures.

Scott Miller
Talking to Scott Miller is a bit like talking to your old pal from college that you haven't seen in years. Well, at least it's that way for Rodeo Rob. Lucky for us, we get to listen in.

Uncle Tupelo
Rodeo Rob reviews Sony Legacy's overhaul of the epitomic alt.country band's catalog, album by album.

Andrew W.K
Has this Jack Ass of all trades lost his grip on relevance? The answer to this question is not as simple as it might seem at first.

Sun Kil Moon
Taking a break from Red House Painters, Mark Kozelek chats with NATN about a new phase in his career: the debut album from Sun Kil Moon.

Jeremy Enigk
Frontman Jeremy Enigk walks NATN through the final era of Sunny Day Real Estate, his new band's debut album and what lies ahead for these underground rock pioneers.

Hot Hot Heat
Frontman Steve Bays talks with NATN about the group's breakout album, Make Up The Breakdown, Canadian summers and being honest in one's art.

Jason Pierce
Jason Spaceman speaks to NATN about the creation of Amazing Grace, his musical path, and the existential experience of playing concerts.

Elvis Costello
Could it be? A mildly happy Elvis Costello? NATN's prodigal son Mark Donohue returns with a review of a recent show by the once "Angry One."

Various Artists
It was not impossible to have a good time at Field Day. But it was damn hard, especially when one forgot to put on appropriate footwear. NATN Co-director Ben French reports from the front lines.

Bright Eyes
A dream bill for some, a nightmare for others, as Omaha's finest plays New York's Town Hall with Scottish gloomies Arab Strap in tow.

Various Artists
In an era where musicians are increasingly honored for writing crap music and blackballed for expressing anti-war sentiments, the Coachella festival is a much-needed refresher.

Nude as the 90s Obsessions
 

 

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