UPDATED: SEPTEMBER 22, 2006

Cat Power, Austin TX

Stephanie Holmes reports from Stubbs, where our site's namesake and other greatest hits charm the crowd as Chan Marshall works her magic.


Posted by Troy

Why I hate the Internet

Unless you have the time and energy to spend hours upon hours on the web, you're out of luck when Wilco comes to town.


Posted by Rodeo Rob

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What's on our record player:



Loose Fur
Born Again In The U.S.A.

Squarepusher
Hello Everything

Chavez
Better Days Will Haunt You

The The
Dusk

The Roots
Game Theory
A Lazarus Taxon

Tortoise
A Lazarus Taxon
This four-disc Tortoise boxed set is just like a textbook, complete with the glaring omissions.
Get Happy!!

Elvis Costello
Get Happy!!
A frantic, drug-soaked salute to American R&B;, Get Happy!! at once exposed Costello's limitless potential and cemented his future as a cult artist.
The Complete Reprise Sessions

Gram Parsons
The Complete Reprise Sessions
In which Rodeo Rob loses, and then regains his sense of admiration for the Americana icon.
I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass

Yo La Tengo
I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass
An album that feels immediately as comfortable as a favored pair of sweatpants.
Another Fine Day

Golden Smog
Another Fine Day
Rodeo Rob's old favorites check in; does it measure up?

Guided By Voices History
The second part of a series chronicling the history of Ohio's finest rock sons.

Guided by Voices History
The final chapter in a three-part history of GBV

Guided By Voices History
The first of three parts on the history of Guided by Voices, originally written for Sponic Magazine.

Mark Olson
The Jayhawks' Mark Olson shares a story of thrills, spills, despair, disenchantment, burn-out and, to some extent, redemption.

Matthew Sweet
The artist regales NATN with a handful of well-put monologues reveling in his newfound independent status, Robert Quine, Van Dyke Parks, and his own pair of "new" albums.

Jason Falkner
Jason Falkner is all over the place. Musically, that is. Physically, he's in Los Angeles. Well, actually he's in Norway now. And he's probably on at least five CDs in your collection.

TV On The Radio
Lead singer/songwriter Tunde Adebimpe talks to two of NATN's braintrust within a fortnight. He holds forth on the group's rise to acclaim, the hard life of hard touring, and TVOTR's future plans.

Doug Gillard
With his first proper solo LP, Salamander, hitting stores and GBV winding down its career with a final tour, the Cleveland native took some time out to answer queries from NATN Co-Director Troy Carpenter.

Cat Power
Chan Marshall jumps like a kitty, dying to escape through a door that beckons and sits slightly ajar. She plays air guitar, air trumpet, air piano, and last but not least, air drums.

Pharaoh Sanders
An ill Will Craven basks in the restorative powers of Pharaoh Sanders and the Grace Cathedral.

The Arcade Fire
Jeff Gray catches the Arcade Fire in between scales, dealing with rising popularity but playing San Francisco's Warfield Theater with all they've got.

The Decemberists
The Decemberists overcome grand theft instrument to bring the circus to a SF speakeasy.
Nude as the 90s Obsessions