Just a few nice, thoughtful, dare-I-say scholarly reads in this weeks linkafication: A must read from Chicago-based critic Rob Mitchum:  “On jambands, jamming and genres” And if you haven’t seen his mock writeup on Phish’s Super Ball IX “USA Storage Jam” vis-a-vis new psychedelic music, its good for a (provocative) chuckle DogGoneBlog tackles the Super [...]

Man, I love the Onion.  Many Linkafications have included videos. When I first realized they were filling off weeks this summer with a summer music edition, a rehash of music related articles fro the past, I figured I’d link up one or two of the best stories.  It turns out that the hits just kept [...]

Seems like we can’t get enough of Pitchfork this week… With year end “top” lists emerging, Pitchfork and Billboard offer a treasure trove of data for analysis and innovative presentation this year.  The visual geniuses at verysmallarray.com have managed to overlay the total number songs, by genre and location, on each list for a thoughtful [...]

On the heels of The Barn’s exclusive chat with Pitchfork’s Rob Mitchum, the indie-rock review hub is newsworthy again.  This time, thanks to a sweet, interactive InfoGraphic which plots the spectrum of all of the site’s 2010 reviews, based on numeric rating.  From the snark-drenched panning of Ghostland Observatory’s Codename: Rondo (1.5) to a number [...]

Even casual readers our site may notice the affection and attention we lavish on bands that dabble in improvisational rock.   We do this because we unabashedly love these  bands, though not at the expense of all other music.  It seems, however, that fans of jambands can’t get a break when it comes to respectability amongst [...]