Heavy-hearted in the Midwest since 2011
The Smile -the Radiohead side project of Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood- shouldn’t work as well as it does. Like Yorke’s solo albums and Greenwood’s film scores they are great listening experiences, but we’re always waiting for them to get back together with their Radiohead counterparts and give us another masterpiece. Since 2022 Yorke and […]
Read More The Smile : CutoutsThere were some pivotal figures in my musical adolescence that helped to completely rewire my brain, guitar-wise. When I was really young it was hearing Jimmy Page and “Black Dog” on my parents console stereo in the basement. Then, Joe Perry playing on “Back In The Saddle”. Quite a few songs on The White Album […]
Read More Joe Satriani And The Luminous Flesh GiantsWell it’s been a really, really, really long and hot summer. I’ve never been one to resent hot days, but apparently at 50-years old I’ve become that person. I don’t care if it’s a dry heat or a humid heat, it’s not my friend. I’m sure that once we hit that first single digit day […]
Read More October Is Here, Spinning Spooky Scores, Happy Birthday Mr. Pooch McGooch…And New Music SoonJustin Sweatt has been making forward-thinking electronic music for well over a decade. He first began making electronic music as Xander Harris, releasing a collection of classic electronic music that ranged from darkly illuminated techno to hazy ambient to 80s-inspired synth pop with a touch of 70s German electronic pioneers for good measure. But then […]
Read More Justin Sweatt : North Texas ElectricIt’s been 16 long years since The Cure released an album. 4:13 Dream dropped in 2008, and while not an awful album it was disappointing. There were great songs there, but they seemed to have been muddled in murky production and a somewhat lack of focus on the part of The Cure’s leader/front man/songwriter Robert […]
Read More The Cure (Finally)Return With ‘Songs Of A Lost World’, Out 11/1; Listen To “Alone”The live album really came into prominence in the 70s. Kiss Alive, Frampton Comes Alive, and Cheap Trick At Budokan were some of the biggest albums of the decade of decadence. While selling millions, they were merely chum thrown into the waters for hungry fans to nibble on while the bands went back into the […]
Read More The War On Drugs : Live Drugs AgainAs a homeowner I do feel a certain amount of pride in the place I call home. It’s not an extravagant home, just a little under 1,200 square feet. Three bedrooms, two baths, with a living and dining room plus a kitchen. Not quite enough closets, and just a couple square feet short in the […]
Read More Crapper Broke, Long Weekend, New Creative Space…Jonas Munk has long been a master of mood-heavy electronics; be it with his past project Manual, his masterful ambient collaborations with Ulrich Schnauss and Billow Observatory, and of course his solo work like Pan and Absorb Fabric Cascade. He knows the instruments like he knows the backs of his hands, and he uses guitars […]
Read More Jonas Munk Returns With ‘Mirror Phase’, Out 10/25; Listen to Album Opener “Dawn Layer”Hey ho. It’s been a couple weeks since I’ve done a check in here. Not that I haven’t been posting, as I have been listening to and reviewing quite a few albums as of late. I just haven’t sat down to catch you all up on what’s going on in my world. Well buckle in, […]
Read More The Big Catch-up : Records, Beers, ER Visits And Cats Oh My!I get a lot of invites from labels to check out their latest releases. I check out as many as I can given the volume, plus the fact that I have a pretty jam packed life outside of writing about music. But the main reason I started doing this back in late 2011 was because […]
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