by Charles Norman | May 3, 2014 | Features
I am told that the globe is warming. I am told that, by driving my car down to the Shell station to pick up a bag of beef jerky and a six-pack of Bud Light, I am sowing the seeds of our planet’s future destruction, an apocalypse to be preceded by the watery...
by Charles Norman | Apr 6, 2014 | Features
Josaleigh Pollett inscribes letters, never written or mailed but spoken aloud in a room without light, staring at an unseen wall, a glass half-empty of bourbon on the side table, messages to the departed, the estranged, the source of her ache. Strangers comprises...
by Charles Norman | Mar 20, 2014 | Features
Full disclosure: The first time I visited Feral Conservatives’ Bandcamp page, and saw that the “band” is a little girl with an electric mandolin and a badass-looking guy on drums, I thought “Oh god this is gonna suck.” I anticipated some sort of lo-fi noise rock that...
by Charles Norman | Mar 8, 2014 | Features
“You don’t write about popular music. You write about unpopular music.” – Anonymous Donald and Jack, by any and all of the usual standards, are Unpopular. Not unpopular in the sense of having been evaluated, and rejected by, the Great Unwashed or Washed Masses...
by Charles Norman | Feb 10, 2014 | Features
The Sweets Greatest Hits is a wonderful lo-fi mess of hooks, stuck-in-your-head melodies, reverby guitars, and wistful energy. But through the hum, hiss, and distortion, you hear, feel, and enjoy the unique creativity that drives The Sweets. The Sweets are brothers...
by Milkshake | Dec 19, 2013 | Features, Guest Posts
Hi. I’m Milkshake and I’m a cat. The Food Guy was busy today so he said I could review something. I am going to review The Prettiest Shade of Blue by The Loomis Fargo Gang. I first heard this album on a cold afternoon when I was tired and the Food Guy had been talking...
