Another Day In the USA

I’m sick and tired of hearing about gun deaths in the U.S. I’m tired of the hemming and hawing from the “gun folks” when you bring up stricter gun laws and their tired arguments of bad guys getting guns whether there’s stricter laws or not(why bathe? You’re just going to get dirty again.) I’m tired […]

“Tell Your Friends”(for Otto)

Whenever I hear Dr. Dog’s “Tell Your Friends” I’m reminded of my wife and I’s trip to Colorado last summer. We were there to see Dr. Dog play at Red Rocks, that was the main point of our journey out west. The week in Denver leading up to the Thursday evening concert was not a […]

September Rolls…Cold Weather Break…License To Feel Ill…ETC

It’s been pretty mild temperature-wise here. The first part of September is giving us the gift of highs in the 60s/low 70s, and at night we’re hitting below 50 degrees. That’s…amore. We’re nearly 10 days into September and that train keeps rolling. Kids have been in school since mid August around here and that just […]

Single Lash Return With Lush New Single “Now for the Real World”

Single Lash came out of the Austin music scene in a fervor of shimmering guitars, Goth romanticism, and a knack for repurposing the “college rock” sound of the 80s and early 90s. Not repurposing in a way that felt derivative in any way, but somehow channeling the magic of bands like Catherine Wheel, The Cure, […]

Mac Demarco : Guitar

It’s been 6 years since Mac Demarco released a proper studio album(and no, 2023s Five Easy Hot Dogs doesn’t count.) The Canadian weirdo/slacker/multi-instrumentalist’s last proper album was 2019s Here Comes The Cowboy, an album that felt lacking when compared to the previous three LPs. This Old Dog from 2017 was his most promising, showing the […]

Assassun Returns 9/19 with New LP ‘Retrofate’; Listen To Latest Single “off The Globe”

Alexander Donat is an artist that does not rest. Besides running Germany’s Blackjack Illuminist Records, Donat is the man behind bands like Vlimmer, Fir Cone Children, Feverdreamt, and Assassun. The latter project takes the post-punk of Vlimmer and gives it a Gothic makeover. Rich in melody and jagged industrial rhythms; a pulsating heart running through […]

It’s Time To Move On…It’s Time To Get Going

It’s feeling better around here. Things are starting to settle into our new normal and it feels good. There’s still things that need to be done, like painting and installing a cabinet in the main bath so our daughter can store all of her hair and make-up products. The spare room downstairs needs some shelving […]

The Hives : The Hives Forever Forever The Hives

There aren’t many bands left from that early 2000s post-punk/indie rock explosion that transpired in New York. The bratty, self-aware, and indifferent music scene that birthed The Strokes, Jonathan Fire*Eater, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and Interpol. In fact, none of those aforementioned bands exist in any sort of revered capacity. If they are making albums still […]

Angela Winter : Forbidden Questions In Space

There’s something both beautiful and foreboding listening to the new long player by ambient/electronic artist Angela Winter. There’s a persistent hum that emanates throughout her Past Inside The Present debut titled Forbidden Questions In Space that affects you on a visceral level. As if some universal hum is reaching out from a vast and ancient […]

Getting Better

The summer of 2025 will be known as the summer of change; some good, some difficult, and some that remind you to never get too comfortable in the current situation. I won’t rehash it, because more than likely if you’re reading this then you are probably a semi-regular patron of this page and I’m sure […]

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