Heavy-hearted in the Midwest since 2011
I guess I just wasn’t made for these times Every time I get the inspiration To go change things around No one wants to help me look for places Where new things might be found I feel like I’ve aged ten years since March. The world has become this bizarre alternate reality where facts are […]
Read More I Just Wasn’t Made For These TimesThere’s a handful of rock bands that have given me hope for a long and exciting future for rock and roll over the last few years. Protomartyr are on that small list. I first discovered the Detroit post-punk band in 2015 with The Agent Intellect. From start to finish that record buzzed with urgency. It […]
Read More Protomartyr’s “Michigan Hammers”Dream Division works within the electronic/heavy synth world, but stands apart from the crowd. The one-man project is helmed by UK musician and producer Tom McDowell, and he makes a brand of interstellar, cosmic dread all his very own. Since 2017 McDowell has been putting out wobbly, DIY occult and sci-fi-inspired sounds and his music […]
Read More Dream Division : The Devil Rides OutYokai: “a class of supernatural monsters, spirits, and demons in Japanese folklore. The word yōkai is made up of the kanji for “bewitching; attractive; calamity” and “spectre; apparition; mystery; suspicious.” Yokai is also the name of the newest release from musician/producer Deadly Avenger(aka Damon Baxter) and musician/producer Si Begg courtesy of the always excellent Burning Witches […]
Read More Deadly Avenger & Si Begg : YokaiSince 2015 John Carpenter has been on a tear creatively. After releasing his Lost Themes with Sacred Bones Records Carpenter has kept the creative mojo running, releasing a classic single series, Lost Themes II, Anthology: Movie Themes 1974-1998, as well as scoring David Gordon Green’s Halloween. Carpenter even took the songs out and toured, with […]
Read More John Carpenter Returns With New Single “Skeleton”The name Justin Pinkerton is synonymous with California psych. He’s played in Golden Void, Roots of Orchis, and Corsic, and in 2018 Pinkerton released and album as Futuropaco, an amazing Italio/psych groovefest. That record was this time capsule to mid-to-late-60s Italy and European countrysides, slathered in masterful drums, fuzz guitars, and the feeling of losing […]
Read More Glass Parallels : Aisle Of LightWe are officially into the dog days of summer, and boy oh boy what a dog it is. Like Cujo mixed with the Rottweiler in The Omen with a touch of those hellhounds Robert Johnson sang about. Between the virus, the protests, and a large portion of the population of the world that doesn’t take […]
Read More Let Remington super 60 Brighten Your Day With “Still Near”“NARRATIVE MUSIC FOR LUNATIC PEOPLE” This is the bold-faced, all caps mission statement that hits you head on when listening to Minos’ self-titled album on their Bandcamp page. That’s not a statement to take lightly, folks. And while I wouldn’t label listeners that dig this album lunatics, I would definitely say it’s narrative music. The […]
Read More Minos : S/TFor years there has been tales told of an epic jam session that took place in San Diego a few years back. Some of the most forward-thinking psych and fusion musicians the southern California music scene has to offer, along with Causa Sui guitarist and El Paraiso Records co-label head Jonas Munk, gathered at psych/funk/jazz […]
Read More Brian Ellis and Jonas Munk Want To Blow Your Mind With ‘San Diego Sessions’ Out August 14thNew album announcements are pretty hard to come by these days, and vinyl releases even more so. With the way things are I can only imagine it’s become harder and harder for small, independent record labels to plan physical releases. Not only that, but with artists not being able to tour and promote releases that […]
Read More Martin Rude & Jakob Skøtt Duo’s ‘The Discipline Of Assent’ Arrives August 7th; Listen To “A New Arrival”