The Morning After the Night Before
Waterproof Blonde's website leads with a quote from that well-known leading authority on the St. Louis 'entertainment community' Night Times that reads "…there's a fair…
Vressto
The world needs bands that push the boundaries of art and experience, of technique and progress, of melody and noise, of all the building blocks…
Open Season
Bowie, Bowie, Bowie. Open Season, the new release by British Sea Power is audibly influenced by the great glammed one, Ziggy Stardust himself — so…
Life is a Shipwreck, We Must Remember to Sing in the Lifeboats
The following lyrics are from the song "Guillotine Dream," off of Seattle-local band Boat's full-length, Life is a Shipwreck, We Must Remember to Sing in…
Suspended Animation
Would you trust Mike Patton with your children? The workaholic mad genius has put together a delirious mix of thrash, noise, avant-jazz, and his own…
Hit Me Again
What's up with the Australians lately? They've been pretty quiet since the days of AC/DC and INXS, but in the last few years, they've been…
Blood Diamonds
If you are new to Brent Amaker and his former musical incarnation Dorkweed, it might be wise to ignore the first track, "Technology," on the…
Say What You Mean
You probably have friends who don't like country music, but love Johnny Cash. Or perhaps they don't like reggae, but love Bob Marley; or they…
Misadventures in Radiology
Elliott Smith fans take note: while nobody could ever replace Elliott, Andrew Morgan will surely bend your Smith-missing ears in a positive direction. As Morgan’s…
The Skin of Light
Sonic Youth. Right away that's my first thought, and as the first track "Scratching the Sunlight" builds through its first five minutes, that thought becomes…