Heavy-hearted in the Midwest since 2011
We’re less than a week away from all Hallow’s Eve. The ghouls are sharpening their claws and the witches are getting their cauldrons ready to boil up the bones of the innocent…or something like that. Either way, we’re down to just days before Halloween is upon us. The past two weeks have been a countdown […]
Read More Pieces Vol 3I’ve made no secret of my love for the amazing drummer and synth experimentalist Jakob Skott. As well as being the drummer of Causa Sui, co-owner of El Paraiso Records, and graphic design/album cover art guru for nearly all of El Paraiso’s album releases, Skott has been quietly releasing incredible synth/drum records under his own […]
Read More Jakob Skott Unleashes ‘Instrumentality’ in November; Check Out “The Dura Plane”I didn’t grow up a Tom Petty fan. As a little kid he was always in the background; be it on the car radio or in some weird video on MTV while at a friend’s house, or even as the musical guest on late night television. I never wanted to turn the dial when he […]
Read More Tom Petty : An American TreasureThere’s this overwhelming sense of nostalgia that comes over me as I listen to ALONE 1980s new album Sleepwalker. The album lingers in the same space as bands like Pentagram Home Video and Videodrones, meaning there’s lots of analog dread, 70s horror, and Gothic undertones throughout the album’s 12 tracks. But underneath the woozy VHS […]
Read More ALONE 1980 : SleepwalkerI just got back from seeing David Gordon Green’s Halloween. While the cinematic ink was still fresh on my psyche I felt the urge to sit down and write my thoughts. No spoilers, just so you know. – J. Hubner Much like buying an old home with a colorful history and a lived-in feel, David […]
Read More David Gordon Green’s ‘Halloween’In all horror trilogies number 2 usually seems to lack something that number 1 possessed. Maybe the element of surprise? Maybe there’s a touch of “I’ve seen this already” as tropes are revisited and not expanded on. Or maybe it just loses a bit of its luster when the first one was so damn good. […]
Read More Pieces Vol 2When I first discovered Causa Sui I wasn’t about the typical rock and roll trip. I was falling for heady instrumental jams; acid-soaked fusion in the form of Bitches Brew and Miles In The Sky, and heavy synth excursions like Phaedra, Visions of Dune, and Geogaddi. I wasn’t looking for vocals to muck up the […]
Read More Revisited : Causa Sui’s ‘Free Ride’When Panos Cosmatos’ film Mandy was announced there was an instant buzz around the second film by the Canadian filmmaker. His 2010 low budget sci fi fever dream Beyond The Black Rainbow had built itself quite a cult following due to the film’s retro-futuristic look, new age nightmare storyline, and of course the incredible score […]
Read More Johann Johannsson : Mandy S/TKurt Vile works in a frequency of his own making. You listen to his records and you hear an awkward and shy guy stepping out of his shell for however long that song takes. He’s confident within the worlds his songs inhabit, and really that’s where it counts. You can be an introverted guy or […]
Read More Kurt Vile : Bottle It InSo last year we were treated by the great Burning Witches Records with the excellent Halloween compilation Witches’ Halloween Brew. You could be thinking to yourself that Witches’ Halloween Brew was some kind of overhopped IPA made with spiced gourd, roasted pumpkin seeds, and the souls of the innocent. I wouldn’t doubt that that beer […]
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