Heavy-hearted in the Midwest since 2011
I remember the fall of 2012 pretty well. I’d seemed to hit a goldmine of new music and it all seemed to be coming from New York record label Captured Tracks. The Soft Moon, Craft Spells, DIIV, Chris Cohen and Mac Demarco were all kind of revelatory artists I found on this seemingly small indie […]
Read More Wild Nothing’s ‘Indigo’Softaware is a band fronted by Colin Nance. The band also included Pilar Guarddon, Steven Worlow, and Tony Mahon. They were based out of Oklahoma City and released their debut titled Networks in 2016. It was a mix of electro dream pop with neo-futuristic vibes. Sort of like a mix of Ulrich Schnauss, Massive Attack, and Stereolab […]
Read More Listen : Softaware’s “Shapeshifter”It’s really hard to digest the full extent of growth in Deafheaven’s musical evolution. From West Coast black metal to blackgaze to introspective metal to where they are now is quite an astonishing feat. I didn’t jump into their swirl of guitars, screams, and melancholy till after Roads To Judah. I wasn’t a fan of […]
Read More Deafheaven : Ordinary Corrupt Human LoveDamon Baxter, aka Deadly Avenger, seems to have found a well of inspiration in the last few months. Not only has he continued his musical contributions to film and television, but he has also set out to deliver a prolific run of Deadly Avenger albums since last year. You might recall his Death Waltz Originals […]
Read More Deadly Avenger : The Girl With The White OrchidThere’s a serious groove that permeates each track on Justin Pinkerton’s debut record as Furturopaco. Not the typical groove, though. This album has an aged vibe to it that makes it feel both like some lost, sweaty acid-fueled Ennio Morricone score; as well as some Goblin recording session fueled by a night of over consumption […]
Read More Futuropaco : FuturopacoHappy Saturday the 14th. Today’s the day where I celebrate the giant that is actor Richard Benjamin. I’ll go grab my betamax copy of his classic Saturday the 14th and enjoy some alone time in the analog den downstairs and contemplate another 64 oz Tang and my 3rd burnt offering of Jiffy Pop. Besides that, […]
Read More Steve Greene’s “The Evil Behind The Eyes”There’s a very specific vibe that permeates Jake Schrock’s newest track “Cosmic Ocean”. Inside its swelling synths and “come hither” pulse there’s also a sense of impending dread. Like standing on the shoreline and looking into the endless horizon, seeing or sensing just beyond the orange and purple hues some impending doom. Despite knowing the […]
Read More Jake Schrock’s “Cosmic Ocean”It seems the deeper I dig into the Holodeck Records’ canon, the more intrigued and enthralled I’ve become. Under that same hot, Texas sun that has given us everyone from Townes Van Zandt to The Mars Volta, Willie Nelson to Spoon, ZZ Top to Big Mama Thornton, and Ornette Coleman to the Butthole Surfers, Holodeck […]
Read More Sungod’s “Hypnotism”The Austin music collective Thousand Foot Whale Claw don’t seem afraid to explore those darker recesses of existence. In fact, they seem most comfortable when they’re embracing them; floating in space, firing walls of droning synth into the great empty. There’s equal parts late 60s psychedelia and early 70s Berlin School experimentation happening with them. […]
Read More Thousand Foot Whale Claw : Black Hole PartyEver since I delved into Holodeck Records’ compilation Holodeck Vision One I’ve been going back and trying to play catch up with the label’s impressive and vast roster of artists. One song that’s been particularly mind-blowing to me(one of many) is Sungod’s “Frequence”. A mixture of Krautrock, trance-like repetition, and the sound of a band […]
Read More Michael C. Sharp : Never Enough Time