Gloomy Monday

It was a great weekend. Saturday was pretty quiet, just did some grocery shopping, my wife and I got lunch, and we made taco pizza for dinner. Enjoyed a couple fall-ish beers and spun some records. We watched the movie Good Fortune with Keanu Reeves, Aziz Ansari, and Seth Rogan. It was a decent watch. […]

Covered Bridges And The World of Comfy Synth

A couple weeks ago I had someone comment on a post about dungeon synth, and whether I was familiar with it. I’d heard the term, but was not familiar with it. I imagined it to be some friends in a partially finished basement playing D&D and listening to 8-bit electronic music. Like the music you’d […]

Harp : Albion

It’s been 13 years since Midlake’s former singer/songwriter Tim Smith has released any new music. Midlake’s 2010 release The Courage of Others was a dark, somber record built on acoustic-driven tracks with touches of flute and overcast moods. Nothing as driving and 70s rock-driven as their previous effort – the excellent The Trials of Van […]