VIDEO: “Mexico” — Emily Mure
And in what is hopefully the last of my video odyssey for a while, here’s Emily Mure’s enchanting cover of Cake’s “Mexico”: Emily Mure — Official, Facebook, Bandcamp
Blog Alert: Chicago Acoustic Underground
Due to some real life stuff, I haven’t had a chance to write a review in a while. While you’re waiting, check out Chicago Acoustic Underground. They offer a vast array of some of Chicago’s finest singer-songwriters. This week, they’re…
VIDEO: Common Shiner — Social Mediasochist
I’m back from the dead! And just in time to give you Common Shiner’s latest Halloween-appropriate teen slasher romantic comedy video. I fell in love with Common Shiner’s first album a about a year ago. At the time, I said…
M. Lockwood Porter — 27
I’ve been playing the living fuck out of M. Lockwood Porter’s 27. He shared a private Soundcloud playlist with “the media” last week and, based on the play counts, I can tell I’m not the only one. Let me explain…
JAPAN 2014: Gui Gui Sui Sui
As it turned out, the oft-lauded Gui Gui Sui Sui had a concert in Tokyo during my last night in Japan. It’s amazing to think that a Yank and a Brit could travel halfway around the planet just to see…
Killing Off Characters — Pigs
We interrupt our mini tour of Japan for catching up on grading, lesson planning, and an electronica trio called Killing Off Characters. When James sent his music my way, he noted that he wasn’t sure if it fit on the…
Japan 2014: Good Time Charlie’s Saloon
As I may have mentioned a ways back, I lived in Japan for a few months. So when I came back this summer, I wanted to spend some time off the beaten track. And so I headed to Kyushu. Kyushu…
Japan 2014: Saotome Satsuki
Here’s another omiyage (souvenir) from Japan. These guys came on after the twenties (see below.) It was an experience, to say the least. It might seem tame from the photo, but Saotome Satsuki is anything but. When these guys came…