It seems a little bit bandwagon to tout an album that has been in Paste, but I knew it first, so this is my call for cred. Doug’s Burr’s On Promenade was released last year by a small label in California, Velvet Blue Music. VBM is sort of my go to label. Because of gems […]
‘Martha Ann’, the single from David Karsten Daniel’s new album ‘Fear of Flying’, is two minutes of evidence that everyone should write shorter songs. There is nothing innately wrong with long songs, but in my estimation it is better to leave them hanging, quality over quantity. A song doesn’t always need four identical choruses. Succinct […]
I have one criteria that pushes a show from good to great; if I leave feeling inspired to be creative. There is something in the human spirit that is spurred to creativity by the creativity of others. A perfect movie, a book that you flip over and start again after the last page, or something […]
From left to right: Kyle, Andy, Trevor
We have a present for you. Andy and I, along with our roommate Trevor, each recorded a Christmas song at the luxurious ‘my bedroom’ studio. With the purest hearts and balmiest warm wishes we mailed a few cards to friends. Unfortunately, we didn’t bribe the postperson enough not to […]
Richard Swift is the most talented musician you don’t love. You don’t love him in the same way that you don’t love your soul mate the day before you meet them. You don’t love him because you don’t know him. It is only partially your fault. I guess the other portion can be explained […]
Anyone that has ever talked ‘favorite artists’ with me knows what a shill I am for David Bazan. I don’t want to say “can do no wrong,” but I’m thinking it. That said, this video, courtesy of blogotheque, is really great. It features Dave on the streets of San Fransisco playing the song ‘Cold Beer […]
When Menomena’s ‘Friend and Foe’ came out in January I decided to use it in one of my hobbies; giving music I like to people who like music I hate. Primarily through the merit of the Ricky Henderson of a lead off track, my ‘My Chemical Romance’ loving ex-roommate became a fan, at least momentarily, […]