by Charles Norman | Mar 25, 2018 | Song of the Day
The hardest rock, metal, and punk that you will encounter charges out from the states of the former Soviet Union. But today we hear a softer voice of the region, with lyrics that have been read and admired for one hundred years. “Clarinets,” by Ukrainian...
by Charles Norman | Mar 24, 2018 | Song of the Day
Here at Reverb Raccoon, we are amazed every day by the quality music that is being created in bedrooms, dorms, basements, and garages. “Waitin’ to Find Out” by The Amplifier Fighters falls into the Great Song Recorded in a Basement category....
by Charles Norman | Mar 23, 2018 | Song of the Day
Sometimes all of those powerful and unerring movements would slow down simultaneously, as if they had been the functions of a living organism, stricken suddenly by the blight of languor; and Mr. Rout’s eyes would blaze darker in his long sallow face. He was...
by Charles Norman | Mar 22, 2018 | Song of the Day
“Where words fail, music speaks.” – Hans Christian Andersen Fifty thousand years ago, Thag Jones noticed a picture of his ex-girlfriend painted on the wall of a friend’s cave. She was depicted wearing an off-the-shoulder bearskin, and Thag...
by Charles Norman | Mar 21, 2018 | Song of the Day
“Happy Truman,” by Late Light Cardigan, begins deceptively. You think, “Oh here’s another Ingrid Michaelson clone.” Not that there’s anything wrong with that. But before you can consider whether the world really needs another Ingrid...
