Pictured: Built to Spill are not dressed for the weather.
Hey, remember when I said that I’d put up some tracks from time to time even if they were “old” (not in the last couple of months) and not necessarily “cred”. Well, it’s two months since then, and I’ve got another one. Don’t worry bearded white […]
Pictured: Tegan and Sara probably aren’t from around here.
OK, let’s start this off by saying this: I am not a Tegan and Sara fan. At all. Maybe it’s the negative stigma attached to liking bands like Tegan and Sara or Bell and Sebastian, maybe it’s the fact that I find it hard to culturally […]
Pictured: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club only brow beat someone at Altamont in ‘69.
Here’s a list of things I could (and probably should) talk about with this album, but won’t for fear of being a cliched mp3 blogger.
1) “Wall of guitar”
2) “Reverb”
3) “Huge drums”
4) “Epic, dude!”
5) “This album title sounds like a steak sauce.”
So there you […]
Pictured: Do Make Say Think have one guitar to rule them all, and in the darkness bind them.
Do Make Say Think is a band from some of the guys who brought you Broken Social Scene. They play instrumental music, but not the kind that makes you throw up in elevators. It’s more the kind of […]
Pictured: A back alley mugging? Or Pinback?
When Pinback released Summer in Abbadon in 2004, I read an interview with songwriters Zach Smith and Rob Crow about how it is that they come about their sound. Unlike most musicians, they didn’t list off the favorite films or bands, they pointed to their ordinary, everyday lives. Both […]
Pictured: That’s really going to hurt the eardrums, buddy.
I always have high hopes for bands with ump-teen people. ‘Oh, the possibilities,’ I think to myself, but more often than not lately, I’m let down by double digit member bands like I’m From Barcelona, who I think might be a fun live show, but what good […]
Pictured: Andy’s hair is half as greasy, but at least twice as curly.
Hey guys, just wanted to let you know that the radio will soon be cutting a jib to the peervalidated jive on 96.3 WHYS Radio, Thursday nights from 9-10P.M. We still aren’t clear on exactly what date we start, but here’s […]
Pictured: This looks innocent, but it’s not. Oh, no. Not at all.
For many songwriters, writing and recording begins alone in a bedroom, sitting on the floor with a guitar and a four track. Many of the songs made from this are never heard, be it because of uncertainty or because of a lack of the […]
Pictured: Brothers can be digusting little piggies sometimes.
The Southern-American all-family band is something of a story that I love. I always wanted to be little Johnny on the porch, playing guitar with Pa and brother Steve, while Ma sings in her red-checkered dress about all the shit we can’t afford since we spend all our […]
Pictured: Exactly what we aren’t going for.
Hey guys, we got a radio show. Sort of. Anyway, we’ve been approved for a radio show. Starting this fall, you’ll be able to hear us, in real, warm, and human voice through the magic of radio. If you like things that are good, you’ll probably want to listen.
The time is still up in the air […]
Pictured: Apples in Stereo, skeezy, old, mustachioed dudes who love Twister.
Andy got his pick for summer anthem songs. This one’s mine. You’ve probably heard of The Apples in Stereo, so I’m not going to waste a ton of time on writing this one. Here’s a quick update…
1) They have a new drummer.
2) They sound like ELO […]
Pictured: Land of Talk, Canada’s least enthusiastic wedding band.
This is one E.P that has been played so much this summer, that we almost forgot to write about it. It’s like having a best friend, but who’s such a part of you that you forget to mention them when you are making your best friend list. Do people […]
I haven’t posted in forever, and this will probably be my last. The other dudes on this blog are much better writers anyway. Sweet.
So, in a few days I’m moving out of my parents’ house, finally, finally. I don’t really have anything else to say about it. Without further ado, here is a song I’ve […]
Pictured: White Light Riot, conservatively dressed conservationalists, also conversationalists. Say that five times fast, bucky.
White Light Riot is a Minneapolis band who use words like, “sychophant”. They play melodic rock, which sometimes sounds a little too much like We Are Scientists. That being said, they have some of the catchiest songs that I’ve heard in […]