So Sweeney, what’s with all the hullabaloo around Belle and Sebastian?
Well, Julie, they’re my favorite band. And I mean that in a way that frankly supercedes all reason. At this point, it’s like a weird religion or something. Not healthy, I don’t think.
So, you pray at the altar of fey Scottish wit?
Yeah, but I mean, [...]

Above: Orange Juice: “Falling & Laughing”
Below:
?†Serge Gainsbourg & Brigitte Bardot: “Comic Strip”
? Donovan: “Colours”
? Thin Lizzy: “The Boys Are Back In Town”
? T. Rex: “Hot Love”
? Aztec Camera: “Oblivious”
? Orange Juice: “Blue Boy”
? Who ARE The Smiths?
? Os Mutantes: “Panis Et Circinses”
And of course, Dylan in the movies.

The reason for the season, of course, is that today is the release date for the sixth album by Philebrity’s favorite band, Belle And Sebastian. (And seriously, they really are the house favorite. You think we’d let, like, Interpol take over the site for a day? Right, that’ll happen.) For a couple months now, we’ve [...]

But then, just three dates into the tour, came Philadelphia, where the kind of freedom Elton sang about was particularly conspicuous by its absence. Isobel got sick, for home, for safety, whatever. [...] The group had been in town for two days, lingering in the carpark around their van, wondering whether they were going to [...]

So, as regular readers know, Philebrity held its second-ever all-Belle & Sebastian dance party on Friday night. And much like the first, it was packed, and a blast. There was crowd-surfing, and there was crying, and not to be like that, but no shit: There was a total rumspringa vibe. It was great. Even people [...]

Let the all Belle & Sebastian posting begin. Stay tuned for all kinds of bowlie craziness.