Heavy-hearted in the Midwest since 2011
Australia-based musician and raconteur Zak Olsen is a man of many musical proclivities. He works out his psych rock muscles in ORB, new wave fun in Hierophants, and whatever moods strikes him in his solo project Traffik Island. And on his latest as Traffik Island the vibe is Italian Giallo, library music, and sun-fried psychedelia. […]
Read More Traffik Island : Ghost NotesNew York’s The Lemon Twigs have made a career out of digging for gold in the past. Brothers Brian and Michael D’Addario make the kind of music that used to blast from transistor radios in the early 70s. AM pop like The Hollies, The Raspberries, Big Star, Beach Boys; as well as more modern purveyors […]
Read More Brian D’Addario : Till The MorningMan, I don’t know. If there’s some legal action that can be done to stop the shit show currently going on in this country I wish they’d pull that rabbit out of their hat and do it. How long do we need to wait before something is done? I’m not a fan of conspiracy theories, […]
Read More “This Is A Dangerous Place…”The Psychic Circle is the U.K. psych/prog project of Tom McDowell(compositions/synths/organs) and Jack Harris(guitar/bass). Since 2020 the band has released three LPs ranging from acid-tinged psych rock to proggier tendencies, as well as touches of the 70s Giallo scores of Goblin and Fabio Frizzi. All of those elements come together into something quite unique, singular, […]
Read More The Psychic Circle : Wizards of the WatchtowerNels Cline is a musician’s musician. Prior to becoming Wilco’s lead guitarist/noise maker in 2004, Cline had been more known in the underground music scene of California. Playing with everyone from Mike Watt, Thurston Moore, Mary Lou Lord; to Rickie Lee Jones, John Zorn, and Blue Man Group. His lightning fast solos only matched by […]
Read More Nels Cline : Consentrik QuartetNot gonna lie, this whole end of democracy thing is bumming me out. Watching the dismantling of government protections via a bitter old Mr. Magoo and a petulant man-child isn’t doing much for my anxiety and deep-seeded anger issues. Issues that I thought I had gotten in check over a decade of looking inward and […]
Read More Get Groovy With Causa Sui and “Boogie Lord’s Revenge”; New Album Out This SummerIf it weren’t for an older brother who was getting into thrash and speed metal in the mid-80s I may not have donned the mullet and devil horns until much later in my life. As it turned out I was probably 13-years old and I was spending the week after the last day of 7th […]
Read More Into The Lungs Of Hell : Revisiting Megadeth’s ‘So Far, So Good…So What!’Hello all. Monday has returned in record-breaking speed. Maybe the fastest Monday turnaround yet. I’m trying to decide if Monday arrived quicker back in school, or as an adult. I’m leaning towards adult. When you were in elementary school, or even middle and high school there were some weekends where it seemed to drag on […]
Read More Monday Check-In, 3/10/25 : Spring Preview, New(Old) Jazz, Under The WeatherIf ever there was an album that sounded exactly as the name of the record implies, then The Cube of Unknowing’s Bog Summoner is it. Other names that would have been equally as descriptive would have been Cosmic Travels Into The Subconscious, A Black Hole Journey, Losing Your Mind In The Slipstream, or Dreams Drowning […]
Read More The Cube of Unknowing : Bog SummonerNoah Lennox, aka Panda Bear, is the sunshine pop weaved into the art rock canvas that is Animal Collective. His Beach Boys-esque harmonies make even the busiest AC tracks feel just a touch more harmonious. Not throwing shade on Avey Tare or anything, but Panda Bear is the sugary coating to help even the most […]
Read More Panda Bear : Sinister Grift