I am very, very excited to have a new Was (Not Was) album after 20 years of radio silence. After a few listens it sounds as good as their old material. Sweet Pea and Sir Harry sound as good as they ever have and the songwriting is still sharp and funny without being trite. I [...]
Upon the first few listens of Portishead’s Third you can begin to imagine why it took ten years to create. The sounds are dark, fractured and intricate. The groaning samples that make up the backbone of “Nylon Smile” have the earmarks of hours, if not days, of studio tinkering to get just the right sound. [...]
I first met Michael Dean Damron (when he was mostly just Mike D to his friends) when he was still playing with his band - the wonderfully titled I Can Lick Any Sonofabitch In The House. We were introduced by a mutual friend and I was immediately taken by his charm and wit. The rest [...]
I’ve had amazingly terrible luck with dreamhost in the last few days and every time I seem to get something written for today’s entry I lose it. After a few times of trying to write it and losing it I’m sticking with this simple bit. I dig the new Colour Revolt album and good for [...]
I am incredibly impressed with the sound these guys are making now. Their last album, With Love and Squalor, was good but something never clicked for me. There wasn’t as song that showcased every element of the band firing on all cylinders at the same time. Their original drummer left and the band’s new songs [...]
Many years ago I spent a long afternoon in a bus station in Springfield, Massachusetts. The bus I was riding had some serious mechanical problems and the timing was such that each bus that rolled through was already packed or only had room for a handful of people. If it hadn’t been for my trusty [...]
You’ve been in this stinking town for a month and nothing has gone right. That ‘perfect job’ turned out to be a bait-and-switch, the ‘quaint’ apartment wound up being right above a couple who can’t stay quiet whether they’re fighting or making up. Don’t even get started on the weather in this place – the [...]