Devin Sinha — The Seventh Season

I’m going to try to double up on posts for the rest of the year (two a day!) because I have a lot of amazing music to tell you about, but not enough 2014 to tell you about it in.…

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Before I start this post, I want to extend a congratulations to Billy Gilpin and Ty Herndon for coming out. I remain blissfully unaware of early 2000s top 40 country so I don’t know about their music. Coming out is…

Moonage Shine — Devil On His Tail

I will admit that it took me a few tries to really get into what can best be described as Moonage Shine’s psych-folk. But trust me — the effort is well worth it. “Moriartism” is a haunting rumination of mortality…

Dead Professional — Hard Hard Hard

Dead Professional has been dribbling singles here and there on the Internet for about as long as this blog has been around. I’ve found it a little unfair, though I understand. Perfection takes time, after all. I once heard someone…

Butchers Blind and Becky Shaw!

Howdy! I have two musical tidbits for you: First, I said some really nice things about Butchers Blind’s album Destination Blues about a year ago. The words I used were “They make me happy to be a music blogger.” If…

Dead Volts — We Are Already Dead

I am calling Charles Hale from Ninebullets out right here and right now. I’m mad that he didn’t tell me about the Dead Volts earlier. If you wish Two Cow Garage had a little more twang and a little less…

Langhorne Slim — The Way We Move

A curious think happened on Monday night. A friend of mine went out for karaoke (this is what teachers do when they have Tuesdays off) and — among other late ’90s early Aughts nu-metal/screamo/rock bands — re-discovered Our Lady Peace.…