Someday We Will Foresee Obstacles / A Whisper And A Sigh
"She's been dancing in a topless bar. And she's been doing well so far." ("Black & White Eyes") Like countrymen Nouvelle Vague, Syd Matters singer/songwriter…
Road to Rouen
Supergrass began their career as an utterly refreshing blast of weed-choked breath in the face through the dreary post-grunge years with such bubbling pop bong-hits…
Real Vampires
It's easy to see why Mon Frere get people excited: they've won a big contest (namely the EMP Battle of the Bands), they've gotten gushing…
The Novelist / Walking Without Effort
The twenty-seven year old Fullerton, CA-based singer-songwriter Richard Swift played Seattle with the Brian Jonestown Massacre in early September (2005), and I'm sure that many…
Lookaftering
If only Vashti Bunyan had swallowed fistfuls of barbiturates from a goblet of bourbon and curled into a little ball on burgundy silk sheets in…
The Singing Gag
I've never heard the band Wimbledon, but now I've heard where they came from. Earl Muehlenbach was the singer and bass player for them for…
Descended Like Vultures
It's been a mighty long time since I deferred to the almighty Dictionary Definition Tool to start a piece of prose. It's a trite trick…
The Bats At The National Grid
For underground pop fans, particularly those of the pleasing New Zealand psycho-geography, it might come as quite a shock that The Bats have a new…
Songs From The Vault: Volume 1
We all want to get to know a guy like Benji Cossa: the funniest guy at the party, full of love and cheer and quick…
Between
There is a certain kind of grass grown in tropical Asia known as Vetiver that is known for its soothing properties — you might hardly…