Once the weather gets warm and the days get longer in my part of the world, I try to ride my bike to work once a week. I would do it more than once a week but my job is 30 miles away in a different town than the one in which I reside. Today […]
There’s this band called Lower Dens that I have been listening to a lot lately. I picked up their first record Twin Hand Movement a few weeks back. It was released in 2010 on Gnomonsong. It’s a charming record that is a mixture of mostly multi-decade past bands mixed up with a pinch here and […]
Donald Harrison is a new name to me. On a recent birthday record shopping trip to Omaha, NE, I was introduced to Mr. Harrison via a listening station near the jazz section at the record store. Yes, it’s a sad sign of the times that I have to drive an hour to get to a […]
This is the first full-length from Icelandic charming charmers Of Monsters and Men. My Head is an Animal is a folksy, familiar sounding record with anthemic elements thrown in that will have you humming for days. The dual him/her (Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir/Ragnar “Raggi” Þórhallsson) Vocals work damn-near flawlessly with neither taking a back […]
The new Trampled By Turtles record came out this past Tuesday. Its a doozy. For those that aren’t familiar with the band, Trampled by Turtles play a percussionless form of “Nu-Grass” which is a punk tinged version of bluegrass. For those who are familiar with the band, Stars and Satellites is another chapter in the […]
via the Sonist Concerto 3‘s. Another oddity, John Zorn’s Taboo and Exile skips all over the place. But, once you get past the schizo nature of it, it begins to feel like a soundtrack almost – though the track order creates the story. Not necessarily an everyday listen but then this is John Zorn. If […]
…as I typed this: Classic. Candidate Not from Unknown Pleasures – but great nonetheless
a lot lately. I know, I know. There has been no shortage of press and attention given to this record and the guy (Justin Vernon) who made it. I would argue though that the attention is fairly given. Way to hurdle the sophomore slump, I say. This story has to do with his first record but seeing […]
I have a buddy named Erik who sometimes goes by the moniker/nickname/alias “Donk,” which is short for Donkey. You don’t know him very well yet but if you follow my contributions to both this blog as well as my reviews for HIFI Zine, you’ll get to know him better. Erik’s a great guy and despite […]
