It came from the nineties (Vol. 49)
Okay, a few of these songs might be a stretch. The first one, Pavement’s “Cut Your Hair” got a tiny little bit of airplay on the so-called modern rock radio during the 90’s but Pavement isn’t really a band that belongs on the list. And even though “Regret” was released in 1993 and was New (Read more…)
Review: Look Mexico – Gasp Asp 7″
Look Mexico is from Tallahassee, Florida and while I’ve listened to their full length, This Is Animal Music, and their compilation of older tracks, The Crucial Collection, I was never really all that impressed… until now; until I heard the songs on the Gasp Asp 7”. Is this even the same band? Well, I know (Read more…)
Review: Get Bent – Demo
So this was (according to me) the fifth best EP of 2008 but it maybe coulda been a spot or two higher. In my brief write up I mentioned that it was recorded by Latterman’s Phil Douglas and that Get Bent plays gruff but catchy pop-punk rock with a hint the heartland and just enough (Read more…)
Review: Shuteye Unison – Shuteye Unison EP
So I’ve been meaning to listen to this self-titled Shuteye Unison EP for like fucking forever now so I won’t dilly dally here. It begins with the ambient/atmospheric/instrumental intro of “CRF 030608” and segues right into “Tomorrow’s Five Horizons” which sounds (to me) like what M83 might sound like if they didn’t have synthesizers and (Read more…)
Review: Denison Witmer – Carry The Weight
So last fall, Pennsylvania born folk singer Denison Witmer released a new album called Carry The Weight and to be fully honest, I listened to it once, found it to be a little on the boring side, and then put it on a shelf. But I was driving home from work yesterday and decided to (Read more…)
It came from the nineties (vol. 48)
I was talking with a co-worker last week about this series and thought it might be a good time to post another one of these. “The Impression That I Get” is the Bosstones one foray into mainstream exposure but a damn fine song as well. And this series wouldn’t be complete without that awful Divinyls (Read more…)
Review: Torche – Meanderthal
Better late than never, right? I mean, how can I put an album on my “best of 2008“ list and not actually give it a proper (sort of) review? Anyhow, last April the Miami based sludge/stoner pop-metal band Torche released their second full-length album Meanderthal (which was produced by Converge’s Kurt Ballou) but I didn’t (Read more…)
POST: A Book about the Influence of Post-Hardcore 1985-2007
First, let me apologize to Mr. Eric Grubbs. This article (and the accompanying commentary tracks) should have been posted over a month ago and I just haven’t gotten around to it. I’m a fuck up; what can I say? Better late than never I always say (and say often). So for four years Eric Grubbs (Read more…)
Review: Jai Agnish – Awake When You Dream
Way back when I downloaded Jai Agnish’s song “How You Dream” (from his 2000 album Automata) and put it on a ton of mixes back then. I listened to that song a lot but then sort of forgot about it and Jai Agnish until recently when I got an email from the New Jersey based (Read more…)
