This week I’m featuring Japanese bands in an effort to maintain awareness for the recovery efforts in Northern Honshu (the main island of Japan.) The earthquake happened on March 11, almost a year ago. Please donate a few dollars to…
Geek culture is interesting. We take a form of entertainment that is seemingly cheap and disposable (say, a comic book superhero) and do what we can to make it into High Art (like, for example, an epic movie or a…
Perfection is listening to Rosary Beard’s Halfmoon Fever while reading about the history of colonial New York before dropping off to sleep, knowing it’s the last night I’ll be able to stay up past midnight with a clear conscience until…
You are not going to find an album that is more fun than The Shams Band’s Cold City. The Chicago-based band’s third album flits between traditional country, alt-rock, and pop. The one consistent element in these songs are the riptide-strong…