Bloodshot Records — While No One Was Looking: Toasting 20 Years of Bloodshot Records
Flashback to fall 2007. I’m in the basement of my college’s cafeteria, sifting through our radio station’s (supposedly the first in the country) library of CDs and LPs. I never could figure out where the light switch in the library…
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.…
Lela Sophia
I’m of the belief that Manhattan’s given short shrift in the city. Hear me out — everyone seems to forget that ordinary people actually live here. So here’s Lela Sophia, who’s definitely not ordinary. Her voice alone is bewitching —…