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...
by Charles Norman | Nov 18, 2013 | Features
Are you having a bad day? Are you tired? Depressed? Can you feel the zombie virus creeping inexorably up your extremities to bore into your spinal column and transform you into a brain-eating sociopath that will never be invited out for a beer? Or are you just bummed...
by Charles Norman | Nov 4, 2013 | Features
Feral Conservatives deliver powerful, well-crafted songs … that happen to feature the mandolin. Rashie Rosenfarb (vocals, mandolin, bass, piano) and Matt Francis (drums, percussion, guitar, organ) challenge you to accept the reality of their music. If a female...
by Charles Norman | Oct 29, 2013 | Features
Raina Rose wants to tell you something. She wants you to hear it, feel it, believe it. The listener is addressed as a person, not as a concept. So when she sings “Woman’s made to cry, man is made to sin,” it is difficult not to take it personally....
