Too many a moppy-haired hipster, Lou Barlow needs no introduction. His CV is smattered with one lo-fi success after another, from his days as a seminal indie rock artist alongside J. Mascis in Dinosaur Jr., to his later collaborations known to many as Sebadoh and Folk Implosion. Scene politics and allegiances aside, chances are great […]
Comprised of one single entity, that being Matthew Cooper, Eluvium has driven home a sound that is far beyond “Ambient,” and light years further from the loose-knit genre, which still has yet to classify itself.
Somewhere between poet extraordinaire Saul Williams and insightful songwriter/rapper/ singer Michael Franti, is a guy from a small place known as Rhode Island. His name is Sage Francis, and if you haven’t heard the name by now, you better ask somebody. Sage Francis began rapping when he was eight years old. However, it wasn’t until […]
Ed Harcourt has produced a new album entitled Strangers, and I want to make love to it. I don’t mean I want it playing as I try to work my black magic on some unfortunate member of the opposite sex, I want to make love to the actual album. Perhaps I am being a little […]
I must be getting out of touch. This is my first time hearing Manda and the Marbles; and they’ve been putting out music since 1997. I can’t imagine that the music has evolved that much though, ‘cause it sounds more like it was put out in 1987. Manda is channeling Belinda Carlisle on permanent vacation […]
Refrigerator has been around in various incarnations since 1990. The band is fronted by brothers Allen and Dennis Cllaci, who have been playing together since they originally formed their mock-metal band the Bux in the mid-80’s. The foursome now includes Chris Jones(drums, piano, dobro) and Daniel Brodo(bass, backing vocals, recorder). Their latest release is titled […]
For years Black Pegasus has been refining his skill and style while juggling the responsibilities of building his empire with his Brass Knuckles Entertainment venture. There’s no mistake that in 2005, Rob Houston (as is stated on his drivers license) will be rolling into the realm of mainstream recognition. And with his great smile, he’ll […]
Short story about a girl: chorus, verse, chorus, bridge…crying on the bridge. The vocals remind me of Get Up Kids and Minus the Bear. Everything else reminds of albums I have never listened to because they are a dime a dozen. I am begging for innovation here. I implore, put the word progress back in […]
