Email Author Mike Appelstein

2008 Stories by Mike Appelstein

• We made you a mixtape! 2008: The year in music.

  published December 17, 2008

  2008 was a weird year for music. Gloom and doom predictions about sinking album sales overshadowed the industry, and labels seemed to... More >>

• Ear Burns: Our critics spew some haterade about 2008's bummer songs, albums and events

  published December 17, 2008

  The end of the year is a time for critics to reflect on the best music they heard in the past twelve months. But such positivity neglects the... More >>

• Mount Eerie/Julie Doiron/Calm Down, It's Monday

  published October 22, 2008

  Mount Eerie's Phil Elvrum (or Elverum, depending on his mood) is from Anacortes, an unassuming little city nestled among Northwest... More >>

• Jennifer O'Connor

  published October 22, 2008

  Talk about blood on the tracks: Jennifer O'Connor's last album, 2006's Over the Mountain, Across the Valley and Back to the... More >>

• Oxford Collapse joins Love as Laughter at the Bluebird, on tour in support of its Sub Pop LP, Bits

  published September 10, 2008

  Oxford Collapse could be your life. In an age where every band that's played two shows is looking to become the next online hype sensation,... More >>

• Apples in Stereo

  published July 16, 2008

  Neutral Milk Hotel has passed into legend, and Olivia Tremor Control reunites only rarely for festival gigs, and so that leaves Apples in... More >>

• The Cannanes

  published June 4, 2008

  Among certain musical enclaves, the Cannanes are held in the highest and most reverent esteem.  For more than two decades, this... More >>

• One Ring Zero

  published March 26, 2008

  You don't have to live near Park Slope to appreciate One Ring Zero, but it helps to know the subway map. Led by former St.... More >>

• The 75s make an extra-fancy splash with its debut record

  published February 20, 2008

  Logically, the 75s shouldn't even exist. Singer/guitarist Laurel Mydock had played bass in a few bands, but had never sung lead before forming the... More >>