Heavy-hearted in the Midwest since 2011
Radiohead may have made the biggest left turn of any band in terms of a sonic shift in style and sound. OK Computer was arguably one of the biggest alternative rock albums of the 90s(and beyond), propelling Radiohead into the pantheon of legendary bands. And for better or worse as far as Yorke & Co […]
Read More Radiohead : Hail To The Thief(Live Recordings 2003-2009)Post Animal is a band that you’ve heard before(even if you haven’t.) They’re the kind of quiet indie rock band that’s been banging around for years. Calling themselves psychedelic seems to be a stretch, though their music can be moody; folksy, intimate, and heart-on-sleeve for sure. They could have easily fit right in the Pitchfork […]
Read More Post Animal : IRONAlice Cooper, first the band and then just the guy, have been a staple of hard rock for over 50 years. Starting in 1969, they built a kind of rock and roll circus which combined blues rock, vaudeville, Gothic undertones, and 50s camp horror, Alice Cooper made a name for themselves as harbingers of blood-soaked […]
Read More Alice Cooper : The Revenge Of Alice CooperThe last time Kurt Vile released an EP it was 2023’s Back To Moon Beach. That EP was just shy of an hour long. For an EP. A mixture of mostly originals(including an ode to the great Tom Petty) and a great cover of Wilco’s “Passenger Side”. The only other person I can think of […]
Read More Kurt Vile/Luke Roberts : Classic Love EPThe sound of Openness Trio is the sound of futurism, experimentation, and of a band re-writing what a jazz trio can be. Guitarist/producer Nate Mercereau, saxophonist Josh Johnson, and percussionist Carlos Niño are no strangers to the worlds of jazz and experimentalism. They are among a small but powerful group of “new” jazz players that […]
Read More Nate Mercereau, Josh Johnson, Carlos Niño : Openness TrioMy first exposure to singer/songwriter Alex G was thru his music scores for Jane Schoenbrun’s We’re All Going To The World’s Fair and I Saw The TV Glow. I was surprisingly moved by his score to I Saw The TV Glow(as I was by the film, too). His restrained synth-heavy score felt like music you’d […]
Read More Alex G : HeadlightsIn terms of electronic music, Ryan Lee West and Rival Consoles stands alone. Rival Consoles is its own genre of electronic music, the kind that feels alive and ever-expansive. The rhythms and percussive nature has an organic quality to it; the clicks and clacks and dance-centric nature doesn’t come across processed and boxed in. It’s […]
Read More Rival Consoles : Landscape from MemoryWay back in 2022 we were all still dealing with post-Covid heebie jeebies; slowly peeking our heads out the windows and doors we sheltered-in-place behind for the past two years. We clung to what we knew; food, books, films, and music hoping escapism into art would somehow bring us some kind of solace. One of […]
Read More Edena Gardens Returns with ‘Dispossessed’, Out 8/22; Listen To “Fills The Well”The music of Kuma has always entranced me. Canadian producer/musician/DJ James Graham makes the kind of electronic music that engages both the visceral and intellectual. Be it through the world of dance and techno; or through the floating haze of ambient via field recordings and woozy synth, Graham works in mysterious patterns and moods. I […]
Read More Kuma : It Depends Which Wolf You FeedIf ever there was an album that screamed “remix version” it would be Dream Division’s excellent 2024 long player A Rose In The Garden Of Winter. Opening up Dream Division’s sound from just Tom McDowell working alone like a mad scientist, he brought in a who’s who of incredible musicians to create Dream Division & […]
Read More Dream Divison Gets Reimagined with ‘Una Rosa nel Giardino d’Inverno: Il Ritorno (A Rose in the Garden of Winter: The Return)’; Listen To “Black Rose(Sean Wolcott Version)”