Times are a changing
Things may be slow here for the next week or so. I’ve got finals this weekend and I’m in the middle of getting things with my new hosting provider (yay Dreamhost!) set up. Just in time for the holidays. Cheers!
When the two hearted ale don’t flow
I walked into the liquor store this afternoon to pick up a few 22oz. Fat Tire bottles and started looking around. I was extremely puzzled because I saw no Bell’s on the shelves where they usually were. So I asked one of the beer guys, “This may be a dumb question, but where is all (Read more…)
Review: Your Black Star – Sound From The Ground (or) maybe you just ate too much
We hope y’all had a great turkey day! Now to shake you out of that food-induced coma, here are a few songs from Your Black Star. Featuring former members of emo-rock powerhouse Elliott, this Louisville, KY trio knocks out song after song of driving atmospheric rock on their latest full-length Sound From The Ground. Massive (Read more…)
Review: Lake Of Falcons – The Panic Solution (or) pounding the proverbial pavement
The Seattle trio Lake of Falcons has a killer new 7-song EP out on Beep Repaired Records. This is a band that walks a line between more introspective indie rock and screamy, noisy, gritty hardcore and does it all with a DIY attitude. Mine came via a CDR lovingly packaged in a hand screened cardboard (Read more…)
An incomplete history of Chicago punk rock (vol. 15)
NOTE: I realize (just as you do) that this band ain’t really “history” yet, but they play kick ass Chicago punk rock and this just happens to be the perfect time for a write up. Quit yer whining. Have you ever seen street people huddled around a barrel fire on a cold December night? You (Read more…)
Review: Helios – Eingya (or) houses filled with dark black smoke
Helios is the moniker of Berklee College of Music student Keith Kenniff. His second album using the Helios name is called Eingya and its a beautifully atmospheric album that is hugely affecting despite its subtle nature. Eingya is a dreamy affair in which each track slowly builds as layers of instrumentation ebb and flow forth (Read more…)
My little needle full of rubella
I’ll be a Metro on NYE, how ‘bout you? MP3 | Alkaline Trio – 97 MP3 | Smoking Popes – Angel Flying Too Close To The Ground (Willie Nelson Cover)
Democracy behind the red brick wall
Do you like punk rock in the same vein as Screeching Weasel, Crimpshrine, Jawbreaker, and The Parasites? You know, gritty yet poppy streetwise punk rock. Well, Milwaukee, Wisconsin’s Chinese Telephones is just such a band. Heck, Ben Weasel likes ‘em and so should you. They don’t have a real website, and they don’t even have (Read more…)
I don’t feel like dancin today
People can (and will) sometimes surprise you. Last week a guy that I work with (let’s call him Mike) was talking to a co-worker when I overheard him mentioning how good Jose Gonzalez’s Veneer was. “WTF?,” I thought to myself. So (of course) I immediately jumped into the conversation, and as we got to talking (Read more…)
