Hey pop collectors. Here is a rare and wonderful album from the first half of the ’90s. The Pacific Northwest, was banging its collective head to grunge and other forms of alternative rock. The Southeast had R.E.M, The dBs and its own brand of swampy jangle. But amid it all, there was a spot for… Continue reading Crayon at When You Motor Away
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Eureka California at Dandelion Radio
Eureka California recorded a session for Dandelion Radio while on tour in the UK last month. [Link]
Bastards of Fate and Tunabunny at Stereo Embers
Bastards of Fate: Possibly the most challenging listen of all 40 albums on this list, the rewards unlocked by repeated spins are so rich and satisfying the word ‘ample’ barely suffices. Though one supposes that the gloriously inspired noise they make rather ensures a measure of obscurity, it’s nonetheless unfair. All the world should be… Continue reading Bastards of Fate and Tunabunny at Stereo Embers
Crayon at Big Takeover
Out of print almost immediately after it was released, Crayon’s sole full-length, one of Sebadoh founder Lou Barlow’s top ten albums of 1994, finally receives its first reissue – on vinyl, no less. Brick Factory teeters between charismatic inept indie pop and early Nirvana distortion. Snotty melodic sing-a-longs voiced by bassist Sean Tollefson (pre-Tullycraft) merge… Continue reading Crayon at Big Takeover
Joanna Gruesome and Trust Fund at Get It On Vinyl
Only on vinyl can you really enjoy the magic that is a split EP. Digital only music consumers will never understand just how awesome they can be. The best splits are ones that compliment both bands who share just enough influences while at the same time maintaining their distinction. Joanna Gruesome makes splits even better.… Continue reading Joanna Gruesome and Trust Fund at Get It On Vinyl
Throwing Muses at Innocent Words
In the fall of 2013, seminal indie rock band Throwing Muses broke a 10-year hiatus – although to be honest it wasn’t much of a hiatus for front woman Kristin Hersh who continued to releases masterful solo albums and guitar-driven punk rock with her other band 50 Foot Wave. But I digress. Throwing Muses return… Continue reading Throwing Muses at Innocent Words
Throwing Muses at Raised by Gypsies
At first, I was hesitant as to whether or not I wanted to review this cassette without the book that was released with it. Let me jump back in time about a year, as this was released as a CD or digital or whatever in November of last year. My plan was to… Continue reading Throwing Muses at Raised by Gypsies
Throwing Muses at See Sound
If ever an album was appropriate to its band’s name it’s this, muses thrown out over 32 tracks , traversing their very own “Inferno”. There are many short tracks with fully formed pin-sharp alt rock like Morning Birds 1 (with it’s fantastic and fearsome opening minute it has an urgency that gives no time for… Continue reading Throwing Muses at See Sound
Joe Jack Talcum at Raised by Gypsies
One of the biggest mistakes that I make when listening to a cassette that is a collection of songs spanning years such as this is that I try to see it as one cohesive sort of release when in fact it was released over the course of six years on various projects and so this… Continue reading Joe Jack Talcum at Raised by Gypsies
Muuy Biien at Online Athens
I’m a snob about punk music, a genre which I place into a finite definition. For many, merely having fast guitars and snide lyrics is enough to rise to the punk label — allowing bands such as Blink 182 to be considered punk when nothing could be further from the truth. No, punk music is… Continue reading Muuy Biien at Online Athens