Is there anything better than a world-weary bar band? I think not, says I, particularly when I’m feeling a little world-weary myself. Mud, Blood & Beer (what guys? No Oxford comma?) is the answer for your soul’s needs, whether you’re…

Mark my words: Great Peacock will be a name on everyone’s lips by the end of the year. That is, if they keep producing music that is as rich and fully-realized as the five songs on their debut EP. While…

If clever band names are gimmicky then call me a sucker. But it’s not just the Oakland Wine Drinkers Union’s name that sucked me in. Their music is (to borrow terminology from their coast) hella fun. “Work is The Curse,”…

I was at my place of work for 12 hours today. Listening to parents yell at their screw-up children as if I’d never called them to tell them what their kids are or aren’t doing.  What I need is a…

Here’s a roundabout story about some simply awesome music. On Saturday, I went to Karen and the Sorrows‘ Queer Country Monthly. It was the kind of show that saves your life. While the Paisley Fields were not present at the…