First off, I had wondered what had happened to the shoegaze bands Skywave and Ceremony (not the Matador Records one) and well, I’ve found out. The man behind both of those bands, Paul Baker has resurfaced as Static Daydream along with his ladyfriend Jamie Casey. Oh sure, from the first few notes you can tell… Continue reading Static Daydream at Dagger
Author: mike
Noon:30 at Big Takeover
On one of those damn days I dismissed dozens of submissions for being unremarkable, I had to laugh when I tried Noon:30 next. I’m not sure what they are, but it’s sure the opposite! Two profane Detroit girls gone to DC, Aissa and Blue try on styles like clashing flashions on these four tracks (three… Continue reading Noon:30 at Big Takeover
SPC ECO on KEXP
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Stutter Steps at When You Motor Away
Ben Harrison’s regular job is as a curator at the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh where, among other things, he is responsible for booking musicians to perform at the venue. To do a job like that well, one needs to have good taste, and a good sense of what fits. It appears that Mr. Harrison… Continue reading Stutter Steps at When You Motor Away
Presents for Sally at Dagger
So it’s on the Saint Marie label which I like so that was a plus and I like the minimal cover of all orange with a few drawings of black birds and the words Presents for Sally in block letters at the bottom got me interested as well. Put it on and it didn’t grab… Continue reading Presents for Sally at Dagger
Try the Pie at Collapse Board
Oh, god. Help me. I keep thinking about him lately and I don’t even know why. OK. Calm down. No, don’t calm down. He didn’t come in tonight, Karl told me, because he was admitted to the hospital today. I tried not to ask too many times – Karl had to run glasses to the… Continue reading Try the Pie at Collapse Board
Primitives at Cryptic Rock
The Primitives catapulted to commercial popularity after the inclusion of their song “Crash” in the soundtrack of the 1994 movie Dumb & Dumber, which starred Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels. However, in the New Wave/Indie Pop music scene, the English band has been active as early as the mid-’80s. Formed in 1984, in Coventry, England,… Continue reading Primitives at Cryptic Rock
SPC ECO at When the Sun Hits
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SPC ECO, Thee Koukouvaya at Stereo Embers
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SPC ECO at Raised by Gypsies
The first time that I listened to “DARK MATTER” we were driving in the car, the three of us, on our way to our first hockey game. We were technically on our way to Springfield, MA but we drove past it to go up to the Holyoke Mall first. There aren’t… Continue reading SPC ECO at Raised by Gypsies