2010: RAINDROPS ON ROSES AND WHISKEY STONES IN A SHORT GLASS, KATIA’S FAVORITE NEW DISCOVERIES
To be honest, I don’t really care about raindrops on roses. However, whiskey stones are the best non music related invention I’ve come across this year. This isn’t about whiskey, it’s about music. People have been dishing out their Top 10 Albums Of 2010 lists since the beginning of Dece
2010: JOHN’S TOP TEN ALBUMS
10. Sophie Hunger – 1983 Zurich-based Sophie Hunger is a singer not many people in North America have heard of yet, which is quite the pity. Her voice is powerful, and calming, much in the way you think of Randy Newman but absolutely without the tackiness. She can just pull those emotion
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!
“This Christmas” is a holiday song released back in 2000 to the special few that made it to Milwaukee’s Miramar Theater for a then-annual concert, “A Very Milky Christmas”. This one featured Dan Andriano of Alkaline Trio performing songs even from his old band Tuesday,
REVIEW ROUNDUP: CAKE, CAGE THE ELEPHANT, SOCIAL DISTORTION, THE DIRTY HEADS, AND SICK PUPPIES
It’s been a long while since the last roundup, a feature that takes brief looks at the radio singles on the FM airwaves. Time to start it back up and visit some new old friends. Cage the Elephant – Shake Me Down“Ain’t No Rest for the Wicked” was undeniable with its country twang
Review: The dø – Dust It Off (2010)
The past month has seen Top 10 of 2010 lists crop up faster than Gremlins on summer vacation in Wisconsin Dells. The end of the end of the year started in late November, as if everyone was on the edge of their seat for My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy to hit the shelves to instantly […]
REVIEW: THE WOODLANDS – THE WOODLANDS (2010)
It’s a lovely thing when a band enters your life with little to no buzz behind them, barely any word of mouth, and they sweep you off your feet, going so far as to integrate themselves seamlessly into not only your listening patterns, but also your very existence, making their music a perfect orch
PHOTOGRAPHY: DOOMTREE BLOWOUT VI AT FIRST AVENUE (MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA)
Doomtree (Twin Cities)December 10th, 2010First Avenue in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Blowout is an annual end of year celebration that the Doomtree crew throws, which is one of two major Minneapolis rap events in my book (the other being Soundset). Katia and I were together for Friday night befor
REVIEW: JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE – HARLEM RIVER BLUES (2010)
As 2010 draws to a close, it seems that Justin Townes Earle‘s year will be remembered for one thing: His well documented troubles at Indianapolis’s Radio Radio that resulted in his arrest and subsequent entry into rehab. That’s a total bummer because it ends up th
REVIEW: JACOB JONES – VOLUME ONE (2010)
It’s no secret that I love free music. I mean, who doesn’t? The only problem with “free music” is that there seems to be a stigma with it that… Well… If you’re giving it away… What’s wrong with it? In most cases, nothing. In the modern age, the best (and perhaps only) way to get [&