Author Archives: David Greenwald

It would be easy to spend this review talking about everything but the music of “In Rainbows.” About how, for instance, Radiohead announced the album’s release a mere 10 days before putting it online, creating a media firestorm that roasted the usual interminable three-month publicity cycle. Or how the band is selling the album digitally, […]

It’s rare to see the ascension of a band from good to truly great.

I recently went to the best back-to-school concert I’ve ever been to. It had everything: two acclaimed, diverse acts that together appealed to a wide range of students; an open-air venue with great seats for everybody; and even free commemorative T-shirts! The performers were on time and the sets went off without a hitch.

Oh, hi everybody, I’m not used to this public speaking stuff but uh, I will try not to get all embarrassed. My name is Roast Beef and uh, there is not really much to say about myself so I guess I will write at some lengths about much times with my friends.

Time to sell back your textbooks and head down to the record store (or the iTunes store, if that’s more your style) to pick up a nice stack of albums to last you through the summer. With new music pretty much on vacation until July 11, when Interpol, Justice and Spoon drop LPs like bombs in Afghanistan, it’s also the perfect time to look back on the best albums of the year thus far.

I’m pushing for a big Britney Spears comeback. Really, I am. Get Timbaland and Polow Da Don to produce (first single: “Throw Some B’s”), have Justin Timberlake guest on a few tracks, put her on the cover of Rolling Stone again. She needs to sell another 10 million. Let’s make this thing happen.