Heavy-hearted in the Midwest since 2011
So 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 […]
Read More Pieces Vol.1photos by Shane Renfro Neil Lord has had a busy year so far. He released the Holodeck Records debut of his long running project Future Museums titled Rosewater Ceremony back in February(his first with Holodeck, but just one in a long line of FM releases.) At the end of June Lord and Thousand Foot Whale Claw […]
Read More Track Premiere : Hear Future Museum’s Exquisite New Single “Presidio”Matt Pike has had a pretty busy year. In April he and Sleep dropped the surprise 4/20 record The Sciences. It was the first new Sleep material since their Adult Swim Singles Series track “The Clarity” from 2014. Then a couple months later Sleep drops yet another Adult Swim single called “Leagues Beneath”, possibly recorded […]
Read More High on Fire : Electric MessiahFeature Photo by Ksenija Lu Mythic Sunship are four guys that like to paint their music with very broad, but definitive strokes. These four Danish dudes go into a record with a skeleton of an idea and once the record button is punched they cover that skeleton with flesh and blood. They create the concept that […]
Read More “Creating an even freer music” : Mythic Sunship Talk Epic New Record And Expanding Their HorizonsThis Will Destroy You are unique among their contemporaries. Much like fellow Texans Explosions in The Sky, This Will Destroy You make big sky compositions out of guitars, drums, subtle electronics and synths that allow you to fall into the tracks and get lost for a bit. Expansive, vast, and exploratory musical journeys that feel […]
Read More This Will Destroy You : New Others Part OneI’m not sure how big of cojones one needs to possess to make a third film in a series of films about a singular masked serial killer, and have that film have nothing to do with said serial killer. Really, does anybody know the size of those things need to be? Well, if you’re a […]
Read More The Night He Never Even Showed UpI’m nearly 45 years old. I feel I’ve earned a few moments of digital type dedicated to complaints. I’m currently typing with sinus pain that feels like push pins stuck thru the roof of my mouth, so I’m primed for maximum whining. You’ve been warned. When I go for more than two or three days […]
Read More Breaking Bread(Just a few complaints…)This review originally ran in Whatzup Magazine back in June of 2016. I’m running it here just in case you feel like digging into a Midwest musical treasure. Mark Hutchins was the guy behind the mic in Vandolah, as well as the sardonic point-of-view in most of the songs. He was a good friend of […]
Read More Vandolah : Don’t Stop Giving UpWojciech Golczewski is one of the more prolific musicians and film composers working today. He’s put his musical magic to films like We Are Still Here, Mowhawk, Beyond The Gates, Hover, and 400 Days. But outside of his excellent film work, Golczewski has established himself as one of the premier electronic/synth composers working today. His […]
Read More Wojciech Golczewski : Tonight She ComesAs of late, I’ve been more excited about the music Jeff Tweedy has been creating outside of Wilco. In all honesty, I think Tweedy’s first solo album Sukierae from 2013 is the best collection of music he’s penned since Wilco’s A Ghost Is Born. There’s things to love about post AGIB Wilco, but I’m just […]
Read More Jeff Tweedy and “Some Birds”