Jack-o-lantern contest winners. I vote for Trogdor!
Happy Halloween! Let’s see check out some of our buddies:
Music Under Fire has an incredible Halloween playlist today. I would have loved to have featured any of those here, but under the current search-and-destroy policies I have experienced lately, I don’t dare.
Check out new band The Danks [...]
Oh, this is timely. I was watching Jack Cafferty on CNN the other day when I was on the treadmill at my gym, which is the only time I watch TV. He said something like, “The Republicans keep saying Obama will spend too much money. What money? There IS no money. [...]
10.29Monster In the Dark
I’m going to level with you, readers: a monster has been eating my blog. I envision it a lot like the one above, kind of bored, mindlessly chomping away, and completely unresponsive to discussion. It’s been devouring chunks when I’m not looking. While I’m trying to have a sense of humor about the [...]
10.28Red Cortez Arrives
We saw The Weather Underground at the Echo last May and were so impressed we bought all their EPs on the spot. As is common, bands sometimes have to change in order to move forward. Guitarist Shoichi Bagley decided to leave the band amicably for pursuits outside music and Calvin J. Love, a native [...]
10.27Tanned Vampire
No nightmares here; just pumpkinsOne of my very favorite songs of 2007 was “Curtain of Stars” by the Chicago band with the most un-Googleable name ever, July Fourth. Alas, July Fourth broke up earlier this year.
But the guy with the gorgeous voice, David Azizinamini, now has a fresh focus and a new project with [...]
10.24Finally Friday
It may have been a quiet week in Lake Wobegon, but it’s been an exciting week (and not in a good way) at Speed of Dark. The story is still in progress, and I am in the process of deciding a plan of action, so I am not ready to tell it all here [...]
10.22Irresistible Riffs
Songs by the following bands grabbed my attention with both hands!
Cut Off Your Hands
Cut Off Your Hands are four New Zealanders with influences as classic as the Beatles and Phil Spector and as fresh as Franz Ferdinand and Futureheads. They’ll be appearing at CMJ in New York this week, whisking through Europe, and then [...]
10.21Fire Season
Fighting the Marek Fire, which burned 3700 acres this month
The third week of October is often the worst of fire season in southern California. The largest fires that have produced the most damage and taken the most lives have occurred during this week. The saddest part is that many of them are set [...]
Here are another two acts from Uncle T’s Day 3 at Austin City Limits 2008.
~alt-gramma~
Abigail Washburn and the Sparrow Quartet with Bela Fleck
Deciding this might be different I headed over to the AT&T stage to it check out, and stayed for the entire set because it was so good. This folk group [...]
We still have some of Uncle T’s reviews from Austin City Limits 2008. Uncle T has attended enough festivals to know that the thing to do is experience new acts. Several of the ones he has written up, I have never even heard of before, and that includes Nakia and His Southern Cousins [...]