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Wasara: Hehku
Wasara is a death metal/folk hybrid from Finland, and they just recently released a new record called Hehku (“The Glow”). It is a dark, brooding gem of a record, and as soon as I heard it I wanted to know more about both the songs and the people singing them. Here, lead singer/lyricst Antti Åström … Read more
Cold Specks: Holland
Take a listen to this voice. Cold Specks is gearing up to release their full-length debut, I Predict A Graceful Expulsion, on May 22, and it sounds like this will be an album worth keeping an eye and ear out for. Here is Cold Specks performing “Old Stepstone” and “Lay Me Down” … Read more
Rebirth of the Cool: I Fought the Law
I first heard “I Fought the Law” by the Crickets as I first heard many of the oldies: travelling in the car with my parents. Much of the foundation of my music education was laid while sitting in the back seat of the car as we drove to family gatherings, listening to the only radio … Read more
Saturday Matinee: Reality Never Applied to Me
This is a fabulously entertaining mini-documentary about Akron-native Chris Butler who has played with local legends 15 60 75 (The Numbers Band), Tin Huey (which was also the springboard for Mr. Ralph Carney), and was, of course, the creator of and guitarist for the Waitresses.
Kick Back with Richard Hawley
We started the week with a taste of my current fixation, Elbow, including a luscious duet from Guy Garvey and Richard Hawley, so let’s end it with some Hawley solo work. Richard Hawley’s work is like something you’d hear as the soundtrack to a slightly garbled, scratched and dusty black-and-white film found at the … Read more
Meet Me Where The Crow Don’t Fly, Water Tower
The last time I wrote about Water Tower Bucket Boys was in September. Since that time they have changed their name to just Water Tower and become a trio. They’ve also put out a new record, called Meet Me Where the Crow Don’t Fly, and if, like me, you are into high-quality punk-infused bluegrass, you … Read more
CXCW is Coming!
It’s almost that time again. Time to sit around on the couch in your underwear with a beer in your hand and your laptop overheating your legs. Okay, for some of you this is just known as “Thursday”, but come March 11th – and extending through the 18th – you’ll be able to do … Read more
Band I Really Love: Pop Will Eat Itself
This is Eich Bein Ein Auslander from Dos Dedos Mis Amigos, first released in 1994, and the first PWEI song I ever heard. It was in a club – I think it was the Electric Ballroom in London sometime in 1998, but I could be wrong – and what I remember is watching the people … Read more
Video: Valentine’s Day Grab Bag
Because we’ve all got that one, you know the one I mean: it never works but you always want to think it will. And they always know exactly when to call. Sometimes it goes so, so well, for a while: Other times, you end up going all the way down the rabbit hole: … Read more
Have You Met Elbow?
I sometimes forget that, even though I think a band is big shit, not everyone has heard of them. I was genuinely surprised when I made a post of various Mark Lanegan videos a little while back, and it helped people discover him for the first time. In that vein, I’ve been listening to a … Read more
