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...
by Charles Norman | Dec 11, 2013 | Features
Listen: Billy Pilgrim is unstuck in time… The Great Wilderness self-describes as “dream rock.” But the dreams they spin are populated by shrieking men, bloodied and battered men, howling wolves, rebels, storms, crashing trains, twisting bones and tearing flesh,...
by Charles Norman | Dec 4, 2013 | Features
Wikipedia tells us that there are 6,477,798 songs on Bandcamp. If we conservatively estimate that each song is 3 minutes in length, then listening to the entire catalog would require 37 years. Five of those songs, about 21 minutes worth, belong to Donald and Jack. My...
by Charles Norman | Nov 25, 2013 | Features
There’s a difference between daydreamers and people chasing dreams… Chasing down a vision isn’t for the faint of heart. – Mike Herz, in “Doin’ Alright” and “Faint of Heart” I asked Mike Herz, “If you could sing a duet with any living singer, who would you...
