Heavy-hearted in the Midwest since 2011
I just got back from seeing David Gordon Green’s Halloween. While the cinematic ink was still fresh on my psyche I felt the urge to sit down and write my thoughts. No spoilers, just so you know. – J. Hubner Much like buying an old home with a colorful history and a lived-in feel, David […]
Read More David Gordon Green’s ‘Halloween’In all horror trilogies number 2 usually seems to lack something that number 1 possessed. Maybe the element of surprise? Maybe there’s a touch of “I’ve seen this already” as tropes are revisited and not expanded on. Or maybe it just loses a bit of its luster when the first one was so damn good. […]
Read More Pieces Vol 2When I first discovered Causa Sui I wasn’t about the typical rock and roll trip. I was falling for heady instrumental jams; acid-soaked fusion in the form of Bitches Brew and Miles In The Sky, and heavy synth excursions like Phaedra, Visions of Dune, and Geogaddi. I wasn’t looking for vocals to muck up the […]
Read More Revisited : Causa Sui’s ‘Free Ride’When Panos Cosmatos’ film Mandy was announced there was an instant buzz around the second film by the Canadian filmmaker. His 2010 low budget sci fi fever dream Beyond The Black Rainbow had built itself quite a cult following due to the film’s retro-futuristic look, new age nightmare storyline, and of course the incredible score […]
Read More Johann Johannsson : Mandy S/TKurt Vile works in a frequency of his own making. You listen to his records and you hear an awkward and shy guy stepping out of his shell for however long that song takes. He’s confident within the worlds his songs inhabit, and really that’s where it counts. You can be an introverted guy or […]
Read More Kurt Vile : Bottle It InSo last year we were treated by the great Burning Witches Records with the excellent Halloween compilation Witches’ Halloween Brew. You could be thinking to yourself that Witches’ Halloween Brew was some kind of overhopped IPA made with spiced gourd, roasted pumpkin seeds, and the souls of the innocent. I wouldn’t doubt that that beer […]
Read More Pieces Vol.1photos by Shane Renfro Neil Lord has had a busy year so far. He released the Holodeck Records debut of his long running project Future Museums titled Rosewater Ceremony back in February(his first with Holodeck, but just one in a long line of FM releases.) At the end of June Lord and Thousand Foot Whale Claw […]
Read More Track Premiere : Hear Future Museum’s Exquisite New Single “Presidio”Matt Pike has had a pretty busy year. In April he and Sleep dropped the surprise 4/20 record The Sciences. It was the first new Sleep material since their Adult Swim Singles Series track “The Clarity” from 2014. Then a couple months later Sleep drops yet another Adult Swim single called “Leagues Beneath”, possibly recorded […]
Read More High on Fire : Electric MessiahFeature Photo by Ksenija Lu Mythic Sunship are four guys that like to paint their music with very broad, but definitive strokes. These four Danish dudes go into a record with a skeleton of an idea and once the record button is punched they cover that skeleton with flesh and blood. They create the concept that […]
Read More “Creating an even freer music” : Mythic Sunship Talk Epic New Record And Expanding Their HorizonsThis Will Destroy You are unique among their contemporaries. Much like fellow Texans Explosions in The Sky, This Will Destroy You make big sky compositions out of guitars, drums, subtle electronics and synths that allow you to fall into the tracks and get lost for a bit. Expansive, vast, and exploratory musical journeys that feel […]
Read More This Will Destroy You : New Others Part One