Tallahassee: Old Ways
Tallahassee is: Brian Barthelmes (Vocals, Guitar, Banjo, Resonator), Scott Thompson (Guitar, Banjo, Keys), Shawn Carney (Electric Bass, Upright Bass) and Matt Raskopf (Drums, Percussion), and they are from Rhode Island, not Florida. Despite taking their name from a Native American word meaning “Old Town” and calling their most recent record “Old Ways,” this is not … Read more
Big Lonely: Short Stories with Recurring Characters
Big Lonely are from Burlington, Ontario, Canada, and Stories With Recurring Characters is their first EP. They start out with a sweet indie pop-rock groove and then go careering off the rails in the best way possible right in the middle of a song, and it only gets better from there. Here is the video … Read more
Video: The Rest, Who Knows
Here is the video for Who Knows from, SEESAW, by The Rest. The third in their ongoing series, it features science, the world’s most maddening Rorschach test cards, some super-freaky drawings, 3-D printing, birds, and explosions, roughly in that order. If you watch it with the sound off it still makes perfect sense as a … Read more
Two Songs From: Night Engine
Night Engine are from London, England. They only have four songs; I’ve picked these two because I listened to them and immediately wanted a) acquire all of their music and b) lace up my boots and go out dancing. This is I’ll Make It Worth Your While, and, darlings, THEY WILL. Click that button, you … Read more
Salt Petal: Sea Monster
Salt Petal are: Autumn Harrison (Vocals/Accordeon), Rodrigo Gonzalez (Guitar), Hiroo Nakano (Drums), Jesse Herrera (Bass), and Dayna Richards (Trumpet). They are currently from Los Angeles, but have roots in Argentina. Their music is an effervescent combination of languages – English, Spanish and Portuguese – and styles, including Argentinian folk, Brazilian tropicalia, Cumbia (big brass … Read more
[strangers], Something New
Something New, from [strangers] featuring Eleanor Fletcher (Crystal Fighters), music for: Here we go over the falls, one more time. Maybe this is a terrible idea, but we don’t care. We can see the white water and the rocks but it doesn’t matter, we have each other. We’re too busy making new universes every time … Read more
The Honorable South, Hide & Go Seek
Do you need to kick yourself into gear today? The Honorable South have a song for YOU. It is their take on a 1962 classic by Bunker Hill. "Hide & Go Seek" Single by The Honorable South DON’T FORGET TO TAKE OUR READER SURVEY!
Notes on an End: My Chemical Romance, 2001-2013
Last Friday night I awoke from an extended fever-induced nap to discover My Chemical Romance had dissolved. My reactions were, in order: what. WHAT. Hold on, let’s check their blog . . . Well, shit. I guess this is really happening. Then I sat here for a while, toggling between various feeds on my … Read more
Navy Skies: Cut My Teeth
Today is the first day of spring. Time to open the windows and get the air moving in the house. Make sure there aren’t any cobwebs in awkward locations, like, say, stretched across the entrance to your front porch. Lay out your garden – window gardens count – and start looking at seeds. Gather up … Read more
Alex Culbreth and the Dead Country Stars: Heart in a Mason Jar
Heart In A Mason Jar is the new record from Alex Culbreth (Parlor Soldiers) and his band The Dead County Stars. They play both kinds, country AND western. The record is full of things I like, including some honky-tonk swing: Where Will My Troubles Go? by Alex Culbreth & The Dead Country Stars … Read more