Category Archives: Music Review

How Do I Miss This Stuff?

Sometimes I think I spend too much time in the studio. Maybe I don’t get out enough. Not sure how I missed this cover version considering I’m a Led Zeppelin and Yeah Yeah Yeahs fan. There is the possibility that someone did tell me about it and I don’t remember. The mind is a terribleContinue reading “How Do I Miss This Stuff?”

Lera Lynn – Ring of Fire

Well, found this after watching Walk the Line last night, perusing the web for images of Johhny and June. I have always had a deep respect for what I call “the early rebels” of music. When I stumbled across Twang Nations’s post >>>here<< I read the interview with Twang Nation and Ms. Lynn.  Indeed, Ms.Continue reading “Lera Lynn – Ring of Fire”

The Drive

In a perfect world there would be no ‘work’. OK – how about no work that sucks. On many days the only thing that keeps my grey matter from exploding after work is the ‘drive home music’. Today was no exception. I dare you to be depressed if you’re riding in the car with TheContinue reading “The Drive”

Heavy Bells – J. Roddy Walston & The Business

Thanks to indiemusicfilter.com for this one – I may have to go purchase some of their tunes. Really like their sound, the grit, the intensity – the angst. Can’t have enough angst. http://soundcloud.com/j-roddy-walston/j-roddy-walston-the-business

Something Old, Something New….

A lot of the music I like the best has one component in common – groove. It’s easy to hear in dance records from Industrial to Disco. But it’s also in places you wouldn’t expect – punk blues like The Gun Club or Americana like Reverend Peyton. The beat catches you and pulls you inContinue reading “Something Old, Something New….”