Causa Sui : Loppen 2021

September 11, 2021: A loud and electrifying return to the stage for Odense, Denmark’s psych behemoths Causa Sui. After spending a year and a half locked down during a worldwide pandemic, the Danish four-piece consisting of guitarist Jonas Munk, bassist Jess Kahr, keyboard player Rasmus Rasmussen, and drummer Jakob Skøtt hit the stage of famed […]

The Legendary Trainhoppers : Hard Times

The Legendary Trainhoppers struck hard with their debut Ramble On back in 2006. Their mix of folk, Americana, bluegrass, and Midwestern rock jangle is a tip of the hat to artists like Dylan, Petty, Wilco, Neil Young, and The Jayhawks. But this River City crew made jangle of their own, locking into new stories and […]

AC/DC : Power Up

There are a few bands that found the secret recipe from the get-to. They locked into their strengths and foundational DNA that bound them at the start of it all and were set on their path to reigning rock and roll glory. The Stones, Black Sabbath, Guided By Voices, Motorhead, The Ramones, and of course […]

Protomartyr’s “Michigan Hammers”

There’s a handful of rock bands that have given me hope for a long and exciting future for rock and roll over the last few years. Protomartyr are on that small list. I first discovered the Detroit post-punk band in 2015 with The Agent Intellect. From start to finish that record buzzed with urgency. It […]

“The Innovator, The Originator, and The Architect of Rock and Roll”: RIP Little Richard

I remember being pretty young, maybe 4 or 5 years old, when my mom took tap dance lessons. Her and a few other stay-at-home moms would get together once a week in the basement of a downtown Warsaw, Indiana home. It had been renovated into a dance studio, complete with a wall of mirrors, wood […]