Hot n Cold…Cold n Hot
Here I wax ecstatic about the weather and how different it was 40 years ago when I was a kid. Old man yells at clouds sort of thing.
Read More Hot n Cold…Cold n HotGeoff Garlock : Don’t Die Today
California’s Geoff Garlock has made a subtle, little masterpiece with his newest release Don’t Die Today. His first release with Seattle label SFI Recordings, Garlock has made a meditative, transcendent album that welcomes the listener in with warm, open arms. Ambient textures, New Age headiness, and that DIY, personal touch that came out of the […]
Read More Geoff Garlock : Don’t Die TodayThe Black Crowes : A Pound of Feathers
The Black Crowes have had a rather consistent and impressive music career that’s spanned nearly 40 years. They established themselves as saviors of blues-based rock and roll with 1990s Shake Your Money Maker, an album that saw many AOR rock radio hits like “Hard To Handle”, “She Talks To Angels”, and “Twice as Hard”. The […]
Read More The Black Crowes : A Pound of FeathersBillow Observatory : Resina
Jonas Munk and Jason Kolb, aka Billow Observatory, have continued to work on new music since last year’s full-length release The Glass Curtain. The two have just released Resina, a 26-minute EP of new, heady dark ambient pieces that run the gamut between optimistic hues of sunrise and the sleepy tones of minimalism. Both coalescing […]
Read More Billow Observatory : ResinaMid-March
Hard to believe it’s nearly mid-March in the year of our Lord 2026. We enjoyed 70 degree weather over the last few days, and today we’re back down to 29 degrees. Sunday will be a high in the 60s, then Monday we’ll be back into the 30s. So those folks sensitive to the up and […]
Read More Mid-MarchGnarls Barkley : Atlanta
Mid-2000s were a wild time in indie/alternative rock. You could hit up some Shins in the morning, some Gogol Bordello in the afternoon, then cozy up to some Dirty Projectors in the evening. Can’t sleep? Then put some Regina Spector in your ears and head off to dream land. There was not a vibe that […]
Read More Gnarls Barkley : AtlantaRob Zombie : The Great Satan
It’s been 28 years since Rob Zombie released his breakthrough solo album Hellbilly Deluxe. A mish mash of industrial chugging, Creature Feature cheesiness, and Zombie’s undying love for everything b-horror. And I bet if “Dragula” comes on the radio you’re bound to crank it up and sing along, at least for the chorus. Of course […]
Read More Rob Zombie : The Great SatanLong Winter
Winter usually doesn’t affect me mentally. I don’t get the winter blues or anything like that. If anything, I just get tired of how gross the outside becomes; ground and roads muddied from melting snow and ice, brown grass, and all the debris that falls throughout winter in the yard that I’m too lazy to […]
Read More Long WinterPisces Birthday(s)
21 years ago my wife and I had left an appointment at the OBGYN, what would be our final OB appointment before our “son in the oven” was to be introduced into a strange and quickly declining world. But it was 2005, and at that time things seemed to be moving along nicely. We had […]
Read More Pisces Birthday(s)Silversun Pickups : Tenterhooks
Of all the alt rock bands that came out of the mid-2000s alternative scene I didn’t expect Silversun Pickups to be in for the long haul. I dug their 2006 debut Carnavas, a mix of shoegaze haze and gnarled post-punk guitar that went down smooth. And “Lazy Eye” was a pretty fun, catchy tune that […]
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