Heavy-hearted in the Midwest since 2011
The return of Justin Sweatt’s nom de plume Xander Harris is always something to celebrate. I’ve been following the musical world of Xander Harris for some time. At least six years, ever since hearing the amazing Termination Dust and realizing I’d been missing out on something special. The following year Villains of Romance dropped and […]
Read More Xander Harris : MaledictionI’m coming to the conclusion that you should not ask the universe the question “Can it get any worse?”. Nine times out of ten the reply from the universe is “Hold my beer.” Just when you get a day or two reprieve from it all, something else is lurking just around the corner waiting to […]
Read More Friday Words Of Wisdom(Or Wisdom According To Me)forestlike is the music duo of Jared Myers and Joshua Wayne Hensley. Meeting in the Michiana music scene of the late 90s, the two built a musical rapport playing on porches, dive bars, and DIY shows in various projects. While still remaining friends, Hensley went off to form The Rutabega, while Myers did his own […]
Read More forestlike : forestlikeEven before I found myself going down the jazz rabbit hole(a hole I’m still dizzily finding myself descending into 15 years later) I knew of Miles Davis’ Bitches Brew. As a teen seeing that album cover by French painter Malti Klarwein perusing Musicland or Super Sounds, it would always make me stop and gawk. The […]
Read More John Runs The Voodoo Down : Me, Miles, and The Portal That Is ‘Bitches Brew’Why hello. How are you? How’s it going? It’s been a minute since I checked in here. A couple weeks, to be exact. It’s been a busy couple of weeks, what with Thanksgiving, a family-wide illness, and the big 5-0 which I turned on December 2nd. Maybe not action packed, but it’s been packed. Where […]
Read More 50, or: 10 Years Since A Lost Time AccidentI’m probably the last guy to be talking about hip hop and rap music. I feel gravely underqualified to discuss beat making, rap producers, rap styles, and flow. In high school I was intimidated by rap music. I felt like you had to possess a certain amount of confidence and bravado to be able to […]
Read More Aesop Rock : Integrated Tech SolutionsDJ Shadow(aka Joshua Paul Davis) released his debut album Endtroducing… back in 1996 to critical acclaim. That album was a revelation in sample-based electronic music(even making it into the Guinness Book of World Records in 2001 as being the only all sample-based album.) It blended the world of DJing, hip hop production, and the ethereal […]
Read More DJ Shadow : Action AdventureListen, I haven’t been an avid reader of Rolling Stone magazine in 30 years. It was my go-to music rag in high school when I wanted to read interviews with my favorite artists. I also was an avid reader of the album reviews and current events stuff. But they changed. They became more of a […]
Read More Let’s Talk About That Rolling Stone ‘Greatest Guitarists Of All Time’ List, Shall We?Life can be pretty relentless. You hear about stories where someone just continues to have the best of luck in life, love, success, and all the above and wonder “Wow. How?” I’ve seen the opposite with my 20-year old daughter over the last year. From health issues to relationship issues to job issues, one after […]
Read More Miss CelesteTrilogies are the perfect means of storytelling. Three films that tell an expanded tale and take us on a journey. It’s the perfect collection of artistry, storytelling, and concept. Movies, books, and even music can tell a tale over the course of three albums. Denmark’s musical trio Edena Gardens has taken the musical trilogy to […]
Read More Edena Gardens Returns With ‘Dens’, out December 1st; Listen To First Single “Dusted”