It takes a certain talent not to come off as being to precious or twee when tackling the orch-pop genre, and too many bands rely on the reflexive actions of the listeners responding to familiar ...

Charles Bukowski was a writer’s writer. The proudly alcoholic poet/novelist waxed on about the writer’s life and how to distinguish oneself—or, at least, how not to become a cliché. When Noah & The ...

Better than: Standing in front of any other amplifiers south of Lombard Street. At 8.20, I was attempting some wiseass remark to my photographer about Thursday crowds when the first wave hit the ...

Sometimes I like to take a step back when looking at a band and think, "Where will they be in five years?" There's no better band to do that with then England's Noah and The Whale since they ...