Heavy-hearted in the Midwest since 2011
You could say that my musical tastes are varied; eclectic, even. As I’ve gotten older I find myself venturing into more experimental jazz. International Anthem out of Chicago has been a go-to spot for me as of late, digging on bands like SML and artists like Jeff Parker, Makaya McCraven, Jeremiah Chiu, Josh Johnson, Gregory […]
Read More Besotten : Eye of the MonolithicryptIt was an unprecedented Midterm election day on Tuesday. To me, it felt like something big was going to happen. That a tide might actually turn and perhaps sanity, common sense, and common decency was going to play a big part in how folks would vote. But man, I was not expecting the tide to […]
Read More The states are turning blue(and so am I)DIIV set the bar pretty high for themselves with their 2012 debut Oshin. Touching on shoegaze, dream pop, and jangly guitar noodling of early 90s college rock, guitarist/frontman Zachary Cole Smith showed promise for some kind of shoegaze revival. Is The Is Are soon followed in 2016 with plenty of ambition and lots of personal […]
Read More DIIV : Zirp!The Olivia Tremor Control is the legendary neo-psychedelic garage rock band from Athens, GA and one of the original bands to come out of The Elephant Six Recording Company, along with bands like Neutral Milk Hotel, Apples In Stereo, Of Montreal, and Elf Power. The band was powered by the lo fi geniuses Will Cullen […]
Read More The Olivia Tremor Control : The Same PlaceToday is election day here in the US. The mid-terms, which in some cases is just as important and presidential elections. Maybe even more. The mid-terms are like a 90-day job review. It’s that time that the American people can say yay or nay to how the administration has been doing so far, which includes […]
Read More Go do the thing today…For Queens of the Stone Age’s nearly 30 year career they have had plenty of ups, downs, over and outs, rinse and repeats. Coming from the ashes of Kyuss, frontman Josh Homme and bassist Nick Olivieri took the stoner/desert rock DNA from their childhood band and turned it into a cottage industry. Walking clumsily along […]
Read More Queens of the Stone Age : PerfecthJeremiah Chiu has been on a roll as of late. Over the last few years Chiu has had a rather fruitful creative run of intricate electronic albums; some with Marta Sofia Honer, some with the improvisational super group SML, and some as a solo artist. His In Electric Time from 2023 is a stunning display […]
Read More Jeremiah Chiu : Edge ConnectionsHello. It’s been a minute since I’ve sat down to throw some thoughts on the proverbial wall to see what sticks. Things are rolling along pretty well. In the last couple weeks we went to a wedding, spent hours outside working in the yard and walking many miles(both solo and with Miss Celeste), and most […]
Read More Check-In, October 28, 2026 : Fall rolls along, cardio rehab, music is my saviorJohn Carpenter’s The Fog is one of those movies that could have gone down in flames. Coming off the success of his independent horror film, a little flick called Halloween, Carpenter was given the opportunity to make another film. That film was called The Fog, and while in post-production Carpenter realized the film was not […]
Read More Scores of Scores : John Carpenter’s ‘The Fog’Andy Shauf appeared on my musical radar 10 years ago with the release of his album The Party. The Canadian singer/songwriter came to me more so in happenstance than anything. Listening to Sloan on internet radio led to a “more like” algorithm push which led to hearing Shauf’s “The Magician”, the opening track from his […]
Read More Andy Shauf : The Party(10th Anniversary Edition)