Listening to Beaches, it is natural to let your mind wander. Their overwhelming fuzz is calming, as if opening your awareness to things unseen. That may sound similar to the effects of a mind-altering drug, but it is more enriching as pure, unadulterated rock and roll. Take a dive into the band’s latest double LP, Second of Spring; it is a creation of pulsing reverb and … Continue reading Sand in the Speakers, or the Fuzz of Beaches
sngpodcast: SNG30 – Esperanza Spalding reprise, Route 91 Harvest Country Music Fest Support the victims of the Las Vegas massacre Esperanza Spalding | Exposure info | website | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube Washed Out | website | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube | Soundcloud Foster the People | website | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube | Soundcloud Ziemba | watch “El … Continue reading
Support the victims of the Las Vegas massacre Esperanza Spalding | Exposure info | website | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube Washed Out | website | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube | Soundcloud Foster the People | website | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube | Soundcloud Ziemba | watch “El Paso” | website | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube | … Continue reading SNG30 – Esperanza Spalding reprise, Route 91 Harvest Country Music Fest
Photo Credit: Seth Halko Originally appeared on Grimy Goods. You don’t need to be an astrophysicist to decipher this new single. Dark matter is a concept hypothesized to contain the majority of mass-energy in the universe, but it is unobservable and, let’s be honest, extremely difficult to understand. It is an appropriate title for the track, which reflects on ethereal ideas, like time and ESP. … Continue reading Mind Monogram Reflect on Unobservable Forces in “Dark Matter Theory”
Shame sounds like a band that needs a self-esteem boost, and they seem to be making baby steps on their single, “Concrete.” “The time has passed for luckAnd now it’s time for hope” Continue reading
Originally appeared on. Grimy Goods. Like most of Ziemba’s body of work, her new video for “El Paso” is dense and significant. The track comes from her 2016 record, Hope Is Never, which she spoke with me extensively about last year. She explained how the city impacted her life as a borderlander, or more specifically as a “child of NAFTA,” which instigated her family’s move … Continue reading In New Music Video for “El Paso,” Ziemba Tells the Tale of Two Cities
Clowns are supposed to bring joy to children, but what we’ve noticed recently is that the make up can hide something far more sinister. Not to say any of the painfully British clowns in Brenda’s video for “Children” are prone to become homicidal, but seeing them with smartphones, expressionless and uninterested, does remind us that their happiness is all an act. Continue reading
Joy Again hit with a one-two punch in their new two-part music video, featuring their singles, “Kim” and “On a Farm.” The former is energetic though the subject drifts into emotionally vulnerable territory, while the latter track is practically its antithesis, recommending bad advice over a slow acoustic melody. Continue reading
When you’re in your feelings, turn to this calm and understanding track from Telecommuter. Source: SoundCloud / TELECOMMUTER Continue reading
sngshows: Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq. for http://www.BlurredCulture.com Originally appeared on Grimy Goods. Words by me, photos by Derrick K. Lee, Esq. If her oversold show at the Bootleg revealed anything, it’s that Lauren Ruth Ward is LA’s worst kept secret. Filling the venue last Friday were all of Ward’s friends–both current and future, she reminded us. This made for a wild and endearing … Continue reading Friends of Lauren Ruth Ward Pack House at her Record Release at the Bootleg
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