Shane Sweeney: The Finding Time
While this album is not new, it’s the last of my Favorite Albums of 2011 to be covered. You’ve heard Shane’s work on here — he’s the bassist for Two Cow Garage. I’ve always found that Shane’s Two Cow songs serve…
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Next 2 The Tracks — Caballo De Lumbre
Few bands evoke a sense of place in the same way Next 2 The Tracks can. As I listen to their EP, Caballo De Lumbre, I can only think of the cloudless turquoise skies and sun-kissed highways of the band’s…
The Hunger Games: Songs From District 12 and Beyond
It shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone that The Hunger Games’ marketing machine is following hot on Twilight‘s heels. Like that most reprehensible of franchises, someone realized that bank could be made by asking legitimate indie artists to write songs…
Jonathan Segel — All Attractions
Back in 1985, David Barbe of Mercyland sang, A three-man band is bound by natural limitations. How bound must we be? Is there a rule that says we bank on imitation And limit songs to only three Minutes and parts,…
FREE MUSIC: High Dive
High Dive is a queer punk band from Bloomington, Indiana. This shouldn’t be an especially shocking sentence in this day and age, and to most of you it probably isn’t. But here’s a question for you: how many openly queer…