Heavy-hearted in the Midwest since 2011
There’s been talk of a Suspiria remake for years now. At first I wasn’t really on board. Why mess with greatness? Dario Argento’s classic occult horror film set in a dance school truly felt like something not to be messed with. So original and dark, and with Goblin’s amazing score pushing it to the very […]
Read More Thom Yorke’s “Suspirium”There was a time, way back before AOL, Windows, and Google, when record buying could be somewhat of a mystery. Unless you heard it on the radio, your stoned big brother put it in your ears, or MTV laid it on you at 2am, walking thru Musicland, Tower Records, or your local record store(for me […]
Read More A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words : Favorite Album Art of 2018I think as far as MVP awards go in the realm of record companies, Burning Witches Records out of the UK should most definitely pick up that award in 2018. For a label that appeared out of the ether in 2016 in a growing field of heavy synth and imagined soundtrack-themed labels and artists to […]
Read More On The Record Series Part Two : Burning Witches RecordsIf musician and composer Daniel Davies hadn’t ended up down the career path he had, it would have been shocking and a loss for us all. Given that Davies’ father is one half of the brothers Davies(the younger half Dave) of The Kinks fame and his Godfather is the Master of Horror himself John Carpenter, […]
Read More Daniel Davies : Events ScoreI’m going to claim ignorance here, as we all get older and wiser(well, some of us anyways.) Growing up there was only a select few German bands I thought of in regards to rock and roll. Two of the main ones were Scorpions and Accept, with Krokus occasionally popping up on my radar thanks to […]
Read More Rock and Roll DeutschlandWe don’t do it nearly often enough, but occasionally it’s nice to hit the road with no definitive destination in mind. Pack some snacks, get some tunes playing, and let the road take you where it may. Yesterday was one of those days and it felt good. The wife and I and our 13 and […]
Read More YES M!CH!GANMy wife and I finished the final season of the FX series The Americans tonight. It was a bittersweet hour, honestly. I’ve come to love the show, despite the fact that the family you knowingly root for and grow to love are deep cover Soviet agents that are flipping US citizens to join forces with […]
Read More I’m Afraid Of AmericansFor 20 years Damien Jurado has taken the slow but steady road to the crown of preeminent American songwriter. Playing in-stores, living room shows, and intimate 50-seat room gigs across the US and Europe touring in a van with just an acoustic guitar, Jurado has proven himself the musician of the people. He’s a guy […]
Read More Damien Jurado : The Horizon Just LaughedThe Austin, TX music collective Sungod aren’t one to take lightly. Since their inception in 2009 the band, formed by multi-instrumentalists Michael C. Sharp and Braden Balentine, have kept things pretty heady and vast. Taking cues from Tangerine Dream, Sun Ra, John Fahey, and a vast pool of mind-expanding forward thinkers to help mold their […]
Read More Sungod : Wave RefractionThere’s an overwhelming exuberance that comes from The Shy Boys’ newest long player called Bell House. Rough-around-the-edges four-part harmonies intermingle with sparse garage rock compositions, bringing to mind The Feelies and the dB’s with a touch of K Records illumination. Their music has a timeless feel that gives it the feeling of finding some lost […]
Read More Shy Boys : Bell House