Heavy-hearted in the Midwest since 2011
Last week I had my usual weekly phone call from the nurse from the Heart Failure Center to check in and see how I was doing. At my first cardiologist appointment the nurse said they wanted me to be a part of the Remote Health Check Program where they send me a scale and blood […]
Read More Am I Straight Edge Now?(For Your Health)Yesterday we celebrated our middle kid’s 23rd birthday. Seems like it wasn’t that long ago I had her sitting on my knee making her dance like a disco 6-month old, her stoic face never flinching as she gyrated to “Boogie Oogie Oogie”. Out of our three children, our middle child was our roughest parenting road […]
Read More Time FliesNicolas Nadeau and Justin Sweatt have made their mark on the Texas electronic/shoegaze/post-punk scene over the last 15 years. Nadeau has fronted shoegaze outfit Single Lash since 2009, as well as playing guitar in the Komisch-heavy Future Museums. While Sweatt has made a name for himself as a premier electronic composer with his dark synth […]
Read More Texas Music Stalwarts Reunite In Collaborative Project Slow Pulse; Listen To New Single “Cries From The Half-World”Hi ho, everyone. Popping in here to say howdy do and that things have been going well. Last weekend we went down to Indianapolis to visit with our son and his girlfriend. Hadn’t seen my son since he came to see me in the hospital, so it was good to see him fluid-less and not […]
Read More Just a Check-inThe Lemon Twigs, aka Long Island-bred brothers Brian and Michael D’Addario, have made a musical career out of mining the best of twee power pop from the 60s and early 70s. Borrowing from The Zombies to The Beatles to The Raspberries and The Association, they have a gift for melodic turns and twists while perfecting […]
Read More The Lemon Twigs : Look For Your Mind!AE Paterra is the drummer extraordinaire of the electro synth prog duo Zombi, along with Steve Moore on bass and synths. They’ve carved a niche for themselves over the last 20+ years(debuting in 2004 with Cosmos). The band tows the line between prog rockers and classic 70s/80s horror film scores, somehow bringing the worlds of […]
Read More AE Paterra : VCO 025 :: Alone In Your DarkI’m sure you’ve been sitting around waiting for your favorite corporate, Bud Light-sponsored blues rockers The Black Keys to drop a brand new by-the-books blues-infused record. Filled with competent Delta, Country, and boozy Midwest blues rock that will surely pepper your rock radio fumblings on the way to the next Coliseum gun and knife show. […]
Read More The Black Keys : Peaches!I had some trepidation about getting put on medications. Not while in the hospital, or sitting in the ER. At that point I was ready to swallow whatever pills they were willing to toss down my gullet. But before I knew what was going on, and even before that. Prior to the blood pressure situation, […]
Read More Better Living Through Chemistry( and Pharmacy)Corrosion of Conformity started out in the 80s as pretty much a punk band, with Blind giving them serious cred in the hardcore and metal community. But with 1994’s Deliverance the sound and vibe shifted with the addition of vocalist/guitarist Pepper Keenan. Keenan brought a heavy 70s hard rock vibe, along with Sabbath vibes to […]
Read More Corrosion of Conformity : Good God/Baad ManToadies roared out of Texas in the mid-90s with a sound that combined post/punk, grunge, and jagged alt rock that saved Gen X ears from the likes of 3 Doors Down, Tonic, and Semisonic overtaking alt rock radio. Their debut Rubberneck was an angry collection of guitar-driven rock and punk. Their biggest hit “Possum Kingdom” […]
Read More Toadies : The Charmer