To be honest, I seem to remember there being a pretty decent amount of hype surrounding the 2006 release of Secret Machines’ second album, Ten Silver Drops. The album gathered a three-and-a-half-star review in Rolling Stone (which I think they’d automatically give to any album provided it were indie) and the thought of it seeing … Read more“Is it Possible We’ve All Been Sleeping on Secret Machines?”
10 Y.N.X.716 – “DIE BROKE (Instrumental)” Buffalo’s Y.N.X.716 comes like a thief in the night this year, billed on Bandcamp as a”lyricist” but apparently beholden to some pretty substantial forays, this instrumentals EP spanning 22 minutes and sounding very much the work of a professional like Pete Rock or Jay Dee. .. 9 Andrew … Read more“Dolby’s Top 10 Tracks Apr. – June 2024”
I’ve mostly been listening to my vinyl records at night, lately, and the reason has to do with them being generally placid, mostly encompassing music recorded before 1980. Punk rock came along, of course, in the 1970s, and is surely enjoying a resurgence, at least around where I live, among girls in their 20s, in … Read more“A Call for The Dismemberment Plan to Revive Vinyl Rock”
It is a great day today as we celebrate the return of Neil Young’s music to the Spotify streaming platform. The eccentric songwriter had previously made his music unavailable, apparently, because he didn’t want it to be housed on the same platform as aired the podcast by one Joe Rogan. It is now back, though, … Read more“Neil Young vs. Bob Dylan”
I was a little surprised, I have to admit, to look at the Riot Fest roster for this year and actually find it relatively intriguing. There’s a pretty solid mix of old classics from the ’90s like Beck and The Offspring along with precocious small-fry acts like HEALTH, The Lawrence Arms, The Hives, et. al. … Read more“Why I Can’t Vouch for Beck’s Live Set”
It’s a pretty hard thing to ignore — things just aren’t like they were in the 1990s, or even the 2000s, in terms of grassroots music scenes, all across the nation. Chicago is a great measuring stick for this. I can remember, that is, a time when the outdoor ampitheatre in Tinley Park (which I … Read more“Indie Rock Fires Rekindle in Chicago with Mer’s Musical Showcase”
Let me please preface this post by saying I’m a huge Soul Coughing fan and have the utmost respect for their artistic contributions in the 1990s. Their catalogue is a distinct force with, in tow, an incredible variety, dynamic and multitude of kinds of musical influences feeding its prowess. I am today dispatching from somewhat … Read more“Pontificating on Whether the Soul Coughing Renditions Would Work as Pop-Punk Versions”