Category The Basics

High Dive — These Are Days EP

And ringing in a week of fantastic music is queer pop punk band High Dive’s second release, These Are the Days. (Note it is also the second consecutive week of regular updates!) I have been rabid fans of these gents…

AxeHammerSaw — Skeleton Key

Sometimes, you can tell a lot about a band from their name. If a band’s name is too clever by half, chances are its music will similarly be preoccupied by wit, rather than artistry. I was worried that AxeHammerSaw would…

The Miners — Miners’ Rebellion

When David Horton featured The Miners on his blog, Popa’s Tunes, he needed only to say two words to grab my attention: alt-country and Philadelphia. As A&T favorites The Sparklers and The Tressels have shown, there’s something in the mighty…