Dead Professional — Don’t Be Cruel
I’ll talk about Dead Professional’s music in a moment, but first I’d like to thank him for spurring me to action. His music has been sitting in my “to write” queue for months now, but I really should have told…
Hurray For the Riff Raff — My Dearest Darkest Neighbor
I’m not sure if this story made the news outside of NYC. But a few months ago, a few tour guide companies were shut down. They existed to bring idiot tourists to the South Bronx in the early hours of…
The Mad Doctors — Fuzz Tonic
And now for a completely different change of pace, here’s some garage punk. Just in case you need a sandblaster to the ears. Fuzz Tonic has it all: psychobilly, surf rock, and, of course, distortion with plenty of swagger in…
The Pine Hearts — Distant Lights
The Pine Hearts are as class to indie bluegrass as it comes. Lilting, detached melodies combine with some badass fingerpicking and soulful harmonizing to create a unique sound. Where Greenland is Melting blends punk and bluegrass seamlessly, The Pine Hearts…
Echo Bloom — Blue
Geek culture is interesting. We take a form of entertainment that is seemingly cheap and disposable (say, a comic book superhero) and do what we can to make it into High Art (like, for example, an epic movie or a…