We cannot avoid our parents’ music. Growing up, we are partially formed by what they listen to, whether we recoil in disgust or nod along from the womb. My own parents are too cool for school, so I grew up on a mishmash of rock-oriented “good music” (lots of Grateful Dead, Primus, and Pink Floyd), [...]
No one would ever know it, but Greg Kihn owns a block in the pleasing, non-flammable version of my afterlife. It’s a block dedicated to his monument-worthy tune ‘Jeopardy’. For 24 hours daily, you’re assured the chorus. Wait a bit more and you can be repeatedly skewered by a guitar line so intemperate and thirsty [...]
Stuff. So much stuff. We had more, but we prioritized and here are this week’s most important news items. I recently stumbled upon this song and video by Heyward Howkins and I was officially stunned by the beauty of its simplicity. His debut, Hale & Hearty, will be released June 26th… Sugar Sand Stitched Lip [...]
Today seemed like a normal day as I woke up, went downstairs to make coffee and checked my email. But as with many mundane moments in life, things sometimes have a way of changing in a hurry. As I opened my semi-monthly email from David Bazan and read through all the living room shows I [...]
Cursive has been around for about 17 years now and every couple of years or so, they reliably put out a new record. Aside from their last record, Mama, I’m Swollen, each has been as remarkable as the last. Recently, they announced they’d be releasing I Am Gemini, their 8th full-length, on February 21st. According [...]