“Constants Are Changing”: 20 years of Boards Of Canada’s ‘The Campfire Headphase’

20 years ago today on October 17th, 2005 Boards of Canada dropped their third full-length album The Campfire Headphase. It would take me another three years before Boards Of Canada got on my radar and would inevitably completely rewire my brain. Scottish brothers Mike Sandison and Marcus Eoin became an obsession for me, and still […]

Out With False Fall…In With Real Fall

Friday is here, finally. And with it comes the true beginning of fall weather. We’ve had a few days here and there of mild temps -including upper 50s and low 60s for highs- but those temps were short-lived. We’d head back up into the upper 70s and 80s with all the humidity you could ever […]

Jay Som : Belong

Melina Mae Cortez Duterte, aka Jay Som, has a very distinct sound to her music. At times sparse, other times big fuzzed-out guitars, Jay Som makes indie rock that can spend equal time in big pop production and also low key and lo-fi. Her official debut as Jay Som, 2017’s Everybody Works was catchy radio-ready […]

Sloan : Based on the Best Seller

I discovered the Canadian rock band Sloan back in 1997 thanks to the Canadian music channel MuchMusic. MuchMusic came with our satellite subscription and for the bulk of 1997 I watched a lot of MuchMusic, and one of the many great Canadian bands I discovered(besides Odds, Big Sugar, and Big Wreck) was the band Sloan. […]

Ann Arbor…Live Music…Long Way Home

Nothing better than a three-day weekend. Well, except a 4-day weekend but I’m not getting stingy here. A three-day weekend was just what the doctor ordered. What doc? Umm…Doctor Detroit? My wife and I took Friday off and headed up north three hours to the great Michigan college town known as Ann Arbor, or “the […]

Carlton Melton : Live Hebden Bridge & Enschede 2023

Carlton Melton, one of the West Coast’s premier psych rock explorers, have been at it now for going on two decades. Andy Duvall(drums and guitar), Clint Golden(bass), Rich Millman(guitar/synth), and Anthony Taibi(synth/guitar) have created their own world of psychedelic swirls, monolithic drones, scuzzy blues, and widescreen jams with a view out of the dusty windshield […]

Camp of Wolves : Bear Creek

David Salisbury, aka Camp of Wolves, works in memories both bittersweet and melancholy. Tender, subtle tomes that reflect on time and childhood and those complicated building blocks of experience that go to shape the adult we become, once we’ve sadly left those formative years. Humming, ghostly tomes that come at you like ghosts of the […]

Foo Fighters : Are Playing Where??? Vol. I

When was the last time a Foo Fighters album was really all that good? At first they were the little band that could, with the drummer from Nirvana trying to do his own thing after Kurt Cobain checked out permanently. That debut was culled from 4-track recordings that the drummer in question, Dave Grohl, recorded […]

“Sht Show at the Fck Factory”

I’m so happy to have finally arrived at Thursday. It’s been a long week at work, with me having to take 3 days worth of Yellow Belt training as it’s now become a requirement in our facility. No, I’m not taking Tae Kwon Do classes at work(though that would be preferable.) No, Yellow Belt training […]

Steve Nolan : Breathe

Irish composer and electronic musician Steve Nolan knows how to build mood and intrigue when it comes to his scores. He combines the dramatic heft with carefully built swells of strings and synth, while layering beautifully haunting piano over top. The result is often emotionally complex with just the right amount of dread to keep […]