November 2011
5 posts
Engineer- Crooked Voices
Throughout the years, if there has been one band that has captured the spirit of what I love about independent music it would have to be Engineer. I’ve always admired how hard this band has worked and the sacrifices they have made as time passes. If every band had a mission statement, Engineer’s would read somewhere along the lines of, “We write awesome songs and play out as much as possible...
15 tags
Tune-Yards- Whokill
The first time I was introduced to Merrill Garbus’s music (aka Tune-Yards), it was under strange circumstances. After a long day at both our modest jobs, my girlfriend and I were extremely tired, hungry, and getting on each other’s last nerve. We were on our way to dinner and stuck in bumper-to-bumper traffic, and somewhere between the car horns and the useless bickering it was decided to...
11 tags
Broughton's Rules- Bounty Hunter 1853
For me there has always been a double-edge sword that goes along with most instrumental music. I love the interpretations and respect what most artists are doing, but boy do I ever hate their stereotypical fan base. Any of these concerts audiences read like a who’s who of elitist, Pitchfork worshipping, Brooklyn transplant hipster art school douche bags. I’m not trying to imply that...
9 tags
Ulcerate- The Destroyers of all
Holy Fuck. Forget everything you know about the Mayan Calendar theory or the coming of the Rapture. There will be no flesh eating zombies or swarms of flying locusts. The sky will not fall and the earth will not crack open. It will just be Ulcerate playing their newest record “The Destroyers of All” with a smug look on their faces that screams, “We told you so”.
This record is straight up...
9 tags
Graveyard- Retro Rock Heroes or Hipster Revival...
Over the last few years, there has been an abundance of rock revival acts that combined the best elements of 60’s and 70’s rock into their sound. On paper it sounds great, but most of the time it just turns into “Hey guys! I found my dads Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath records and think we should go to my 2500 a month loft and record with a bunch of analog equipment we...
