Adelyn Rose – “Never Get Tired”
“Never Get Tired” is a centerpiece of the album, and not just because it’s catchy and located snugly within the record’s midsection. The song also bears within its lyrics the album’s name sake.
Perfume Genius – “All Waters”
As the title suggests “All Waters” uses elemental imagery to construct a hopeful, heartfelt vision of the future where love is accepted in all its genuine forms. The vision is palpable despite appearing, for the moment at least, an unattainable reality.
Pop. 1280 – The Horror
It may be that we can’t actually will sea monsters and the like into existence, but Pop. 1280’s The Horror is a product of the same kind of twisted imagination that wishes that we could.
Jaime Hansen introduces The Island of Dr. Lee
Jaime Hansen has been active in the Eau Claire musical community for several years. Often his contributions have occurred behind the scenes - he's engineered and mixed for a number of prominent artists in the area, including work on the much beloved Amateur Love's only official release It's All Aquatic. More recently we've...
David Osborn of The Small Cities on With Fire
The Small Cities’ new album With Fire is due to drop on March 3 and if you can make the release show (@ the Amsterdam Bar and Hall in St. Paul on the same date) you’ll be treated to appearances by Zoo Animal and No Bird Sing as well. In the following interview, drummer/vocalist David...
WUEC Local Showcase Concert
Saturday night’s production - a refreshingly thoughtful and unpretentious production at UWEC's Council Fire Room featuring Kalispell, Adelyn Rose, Zoo Animal, and The Daredevil Christopher Wright - marks another resounding success for WUEC and the local music scene.
The Shins – “Simple Song”
The track is built on a mechanized version of the barndance-ballad rhythm that The Shins test drove on Wincing (see tracks "Phantom Limb" or "Turn On Me" for reference, as well as any song off The Jesus and Mary Chain's Darklands.) "Simple Song" begins as an unadorned announcement of this beat, but it quickly...
Peer Picks of 2011 – Kyle Flater (Laarks, Peter Wolf Crier)
Our man Flater may have left the Chippewa Valley for the 24/7 combination rave/orgy that is Chicago, but his bread-making, rubberband-headband and basketball shorts-wearing spirit is still here, persisting in the hearts and retinas of all who knew him and suffered the chronic snow-blindness that came from looking in the general direction of his immodestly...
Porcupine – “Rooftops”
Hear "Rooftops" by La Crosse based Porcupine. "In “Rooftops” Porcupine has collected a sequence of notes from the institution of the almighty rock riff, removed the swagger and pretense (leaving in the patented chuck and grind), and used this as the foundation for the assemblage of an otherwise unassuming pop-rock tune. The lyrics then...
Peer Picks of 2011 – David Osborn (The Small Cities)
Like the cartoon wherein a baby wearing a sash inscribed with the current year waves goodbye to a hoary old man whose sash displays the year past, The Small Cities have concerned themselves with new creations during this time following the great annual refresh. Recently, their labors have been in preparation for the release of With...
Peer Picks of 2011 – Caleb Price (Whale House, Peer Validated)
Caleb Price is a 49 year old 1st generation American who immigrated here from Bratislava in 1992. She makes a living by traveling to rural areas of the midwest and the adjoining bible belt where she frightens superstitious rubes into giving her money and expensive cutlery by pretending to be a powerful sorceress. It’s a...
Peer Picks of 2011 – Eric Charles Christenson (Wisconsin Built)
Eric Charles Christenson – his name has the same cadence and a a similar whimsical ring to a certain famous Dutch fabulist. Unlike Hans Christian Anderson however, Eric does not lope across the countryside dishing out morals to eager children, (nor was he ever portrayed by Danny Kaye in a move in 1953.) What he...
Peer Picks of 2011 – Dave Power (Adelyn Rose, Meridene, Kalispell)
Looking at his list of associated acts, it’s apparent Dave Power is a man with his drumsticks in a lot of pies. As a drummer with the musical acumen to juggle several different ensembles at once, we considered it worthwhile to see what he views as the audial high-points of 2011.
His list is as follows...
Peer Picks of 2011 – Ben Hinz (The Ronald Raygun)
Ben Hinz is lead-singer and guitarist for Doom/Triphop outfit The Ronald Raygun. He is also the owner of Dwarfcraft Devices. While his music might suggest he'd just as soon bludgeon you to death with a lead pipe as look at you, he was kind enough to send us to jot down a few ruminations on...
Peer Picks of 2011 – Peter Miller (We Are The Willows)
Before the end of the first month in 2012, we will be sharing Peer Picks of 2011 by area musicians and contributors. First on the list, weighing in with his top 5 albums of last year, is Peter Miller of We Are The Willows.
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