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March has been a month in flux for us at Sentimentalist Magazine. Quite a few of our main staffers had to jet off to various exotic destinations, (yours truly was transplanted last week to Austin, the month’s music capital of the world, for our annual up-to-the-minute SXSW coverage). In other words, those are a few reasons for the delay of this month’s letter and we apologize.

Spring is in the air, and just like the crocuses in Central Park and the verdant buds on the trees around town, Sentimentalist Magazine online is growing fast. We really do appreciate your sticking with us and keeping up with our daily news, reviews and our monthly cover features.

We hope you’ll feel more than a bit of lust in your hearts after reading this month’s cover story on The Kills. Or if it’s a goof you’re after, the feisty trio known as Human Giant made assistant editor Carrie Alison laugh ’til it hurt during her recent chat with them about their new season. They’ll do the same for you no doubt. Please read on and keep your comments coming. Thanks!

Happy spring,

Madeline

In This Issue...

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The Kills: Taking Poe to the Playground

When you think of The Kills, the words “pizza, pizza, daddio” don’t readily come to mind. Maybe they should. Maybe that’s the problem.

March 11th, 2008 | 8 comments | Continued
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Human Giant: Whacking the Standards and Chasing Philip Seymour Hoffman

I’m sitting in the Human Giant office in New York City on a couch strewn with winter coats, and below a poster of the Kate Hudson-Matthew McConaughey movie How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days. This is going to get a little crazy.

March 11th, 2008 | 8 comments | Continued
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Tiny Venues and Good Shoes

Just before jetting back to New York after spending a year in London, I was lucky enough to catch up with Rhys Jones from South London-based Good Shoes. A favorite among Britain’s indie contingent, it became clear that we need Good Shoes to come to NYC. Various reasons may have prevented the boys from rocking [...]

March 11th, 2008 | Continued
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Jingle-worthy Jim Noir

  Smoking a fag and drinking a pint outside the Royal George pub in London’s Soho, Jim Noir (really Al Roberts) and I shoot the breeze about the past few years that have thrown this laid-back Manc from his humble Northern abode into the spotlight, becoming a music critic’s dream (think the hugely successful 2006 [...]

March 11th, 2008 | Continued
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Adam Green: Streets as Corridors and Stories from Friends

Adam Green’s next New York City show is a big deal, even to him. He’ll be taking over the theatre district on the night of May 10th to play the venerable, velvet-seated Town Hall. It’s not only the grandness of the place that’s special; there’s also the fact that Green hasn’t played America in a year and a half…

March 11th, 2008 | Continued
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Jeffrey Lewis: Tragi-Comic Superhero

Leave it to artist Jeffrey Lewis to open a set at NYC’s quietly classy Joe’s Pub with this amusing tale: “I was on my way to the show tonight and I overheard one girl say to another, ‘Don’t fuckin’ bump into my yoga mat!’” Only in New York City, kids. We’re always on the edge, [...]

March 11th, 2008 | Continued

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