Call me a scrooge, but I generally consider Christmas parties to be an obligatory affair. Sure, it’s great to catch up with people you haven’t seen in a while, but I’m not that person who jumps with excitement when the group caroling begins. However, this year I have to give some major props to my [...]

It’s that time of year again — the turkey leftovers are long gone and we’re hearing Christmas music in every store in town, so it must be time for best-albums-of-year lists.
After screaming matches, insults and a fist fight or two, the dust has settled and the Stranger Dance staff stands before you united with our [...]

[Most of what we post on this site are new releases, but our tastes are all over the map. This weekly feature is a snapshot of what the Stranger Dance staff can't get out of their collective head each week. On any given week, we might be digging a new local act, an old jazz [...]

This is probably the most excited I’ve been since I started doing this four weeks ago. One track that deserves special attention is Jon Lucien’s “Search for the Inner Self,” another sickening piece of the flawless Gilles Peterson Digs America collection of Jazz & Soul. Also, I had to give Deerhunter two tracks on this [...]