To Here Knows When

I’ve been listening to the My Bloody Valentine remasters a lot lately. So much so that I’m actually starting to tell the difference between disc one(remastered from the original tape) and disc two(mastered from the original 1/2 inch analogue tapes) of ‘Loveless’. I’m preferring disc two. It seems to be more prominent in the mid-range, […]

No Age-An Object

What is it that No Age is so angry about? I keep listening to An Object and I’m wondering who rained on their parade? I mean, they’ve always had this angst-y vibe about them. Everything In Between seemed to be the point where they found the perfect balance of angst and rebellion mixed with a […]

Ode To A Dog

It was the same every time I’d show up at their house. I’d walk into the side kitchen door, beer in hand, and I’d be greeted by him. He’d be about 7 feet away from me standing next to his kennel and food bowl. I’d give him a smile and set the beer on the […]

Father & Son

Tomorrow we celebrate my dad’s 67th birthday. He’s still going to the same building he’s gone to since July of 1964, getting paid to do the same job he went through a journeymen apprenticeship to do. He complains about it, sure. But regardless of how lousy the folks are that he reports to, or the […]

Reach For The Dead…

The last couple days have been some of the most mild since spring. It’s been absolutely gorgeous out. So what do I do? I go to the gym instead of getting my cardio in the great outdoors. Oh well. The windows are open and the breeze is rolling through the house making it feel like […]

Medicine-To The Happy Few

When you hear a song like “Long As The Sun” -the opener on Medicine’s excellent new album To The Happy Few– you don’t think that this is a band that has essentially been stored in moth balls for 18 years. You think you’re hearing The Beach Boys ran through the Jesus and Mary Chain warpulator. […]

Mournful Synth-ony For Stylish Trash…

or, Frodo Baggins and the Magical Scalp. I’m not here to endorse the film Maniac. On the contrary, I’m here to say that if horror films -in particular the serial killer chasing the beautiful girl type- don’t float your boat, then this one is certainly not going to make you think twice about the genre. […]

New Music For A New Saturday

What do I see sitting on my front porch? Well it’s a Saturday surprise from one of my favorite record labels Thrill Jockey. White Hill’s So You Are…So You’ll Be showed up 10 days early! Joy!! While I haven’t listened to the bonus 12″ E.P. yet, I can say without a doubt that Dave W […]

The Love Language-Ruby Red

Stuart McLamb is one of the good guys. Like many other indie rock luminaries over the last 20 years McLamb began The Love Language as just a guy recording personal songs in his bedroom. Very personal and emotional, the first Love Language album was a break up album of sorts, filled with rough little pop […]

Whirr-Around

Whirr are lumped into that genre we Generation X oldsters affectionately call “shoegaze”. And while some of my favorite music is lumped into this category, I have to say it’s getting used way too much. It’s become this generic term used to describe anyone that looks at the floor more than ten seconds in order […]