13-14. Dirty Projectors, Rise Above and Jeffrey Lewis, 12 Crass Songs

Reviewed for Boston Phoenix. P.S.: This covers whatever it was I had thought to say about Juno a while ago. I mean, I really don't care that much, and there are plenty of reasons to have a problem with the film, but possibly the least valid (most rockist) is that loud indie music is more genuinely rebellious than quiet indie music. P.P.S.: I'm surprised that I likes the Lewis record so much more than Douglas. Could just be that the originals don't mean all that much to me.