Blair 1523 interview with George Harris
Most bands I interview make it easy, but not Blair 1523, I got a call shortly before the interview saying that not only that the location had changed,...
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The Vacant Lots – ‘Departure’ (2015)
Oddly enough, The Vacant Lots have an EP entitled “Arrival” and the single entitled “Departure,” though neither of these neo-psychedelic classics finds their way onto the album Departure....
From The Vault: Stereolab – “Peng!” (1992)
Asking a dear friend what he found most compelling about Stereolab, his favorite band, he replied, “They manage to aggregate all of the favorite things I find in...
“Pharmacopious” (Part 2) by Jenell Kesler
There was a time, back in the Cloudgrounds, when the demons came in rainbows of colours, unrequested, and unencumbered ... gelatin capsules galore, mixing and melting among Crayola...
The Explorers Club – “Together” (2016) review
Two of the tightest bands that exist in my world are The Beach Boys, though their music sounded so flawless and tight because the Wrecking Crew was actually...
The Vacant Lots – ‘Endless Night’ (2017)
In every sense of the word, there is a duality to Endless Night, both in its approach and delivery, where The Vacant Lots examine a world that is...
Record Store Day: The War on Drugs – ‘Thinking of a Place’ (2017)
In the last eighteen months the only thing we’ve heard from War On Drugs was their addition to the Day of the Dead compilation, with the song 'Touch...
“Pharmacopious” (Part 1) by Jenell Kesler
The first postcard I ever received read, “Being born into the dream bears no weight.” Those sentiments are dedicated to my husband Rob, for doing so much more...
Trip Hill – ‘Automatic Folk & Flowers’ (2015)
I’m hoping to encompass reviews for the last four outings by Trip Hill, 'Ten Petals of Manipura', 'Raining Metallic Mushroom', 'Lamp of the Universe' and 'Automatic Folk &...
The Black Angels – ‘Death Song’ (2017)
Envision lightning striking across a velvet sky, holding there momentarily, strobing, eliciting hypnotic trails within trails that rush at you, through you, bouncing off passing cosmic clouds, and...