I feel like I lost a winter

These months are cruising by. We’re already heading into the last bit of June and I feel like I was in a haze during the winter of 2025/2026. The halfway point of 2026 is just a couple weeks away and I’m feeling like someone accidently hit the fast forward button on time’s remote control. A […]

Chrome Weekend

Any time away from work is a good time, so the weekend was better than being at work. Unfortunately my wife was sick all weekend(still is.) She gave her boss a ride to work a couple days last week and her boss was getting over a vacation cold, and shared it with my wife. By […]

Feverdreamt Returns 7/3 With New Album ‘Our Only Fault Is Existing’; Listen To Haunting New Single “Waiter Without Guests”

Alexander Donat never slows down. The German musician/producer/label runner of Blackjack Illuminist Records keeps a constant flow of amazing musical works humming right along. Check out Blackjack Illuminist Records’ Bandcamp page and you’ll see an artist with a fire burning within him that never goes out. From his flag ship dark-wave project Vlimmer to the […]

Of Montreal : aethermead

Kevin Barnes has been making music as the front man/ringmaster/sole continuous member of the band Of Montreal for nearly 30 years. He emerged from the Elephant 6 Recording Company collective, along with bands like Olivia Tremor Control, Elf Power, the Apples In Stereo, and Neutral Milk Hotel. The one connecting musical DNA was 60s pop. […]

Mondaze

Off my game today. Rolled out of bed later than I wanted to. Yesterday was a lot of physical activity, to be fair. Best friend came over at 8am and we got a 5-mile walk in before 10 am. Not too long after that I went outside and got up on the roof. Living surrounded […]

Hell Of A Year For Music : Favorite Music of 2026 So Far

I realize it’s not quite the halfway point of 2026 so far, but man it’s been such an incredible year for albums that it feels like we’re already into late fall. Music has always been a mental sanctuary for me; from being an awkward kid sitting in my bedroom on a Friday night popping in […]

Sinking In

Despite dealing with some poison ivy itchiness(chaos), this past weekend was really nice. We had all of our kids home and under one roof, with their significant others. Along with my wife, parents, and myself, our 23-year old that lives at home with us had the day off and our four-legged grandkid Celeste, it was […]

Kurt Vile : Philadelphia’s been good to me

Kurt Vile has built a solid musical career out of jangly, classic rock vibes with a touch of outsider weirdness. It’s like Tom Petty meets R. Stevie Moore with a brush of John Prine and JJ Cale for good measure. His quietly genius guitar playing and stream-of-consciousness lyrical style feels both relatable and alien at […]

Boards of Canada : Inferno

Boards of Canada’s music has always felt relevant, commenting on society thru ghostly voices and nostalgically-tinted electronics. Music Has The Right To Children, their first full-length from 1998, sounded like walking back in time with its faded audio clips and analog electronics and instrumentation. It felt familiar and foreign simultaneously. The follow-up, Geogaddi(2002), was seeped […]

Anger is an energy

I’m definitely getting back to my old self. I know that because our town’s traffic is making me angry again. I feel in my heart of hearts that our town has the worst drivers per capita in all of the Midwest. Turn signal? What’s that? 4-way stops? Who goes next? Flashing lights? Whaaaa? And don’t […]

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