Listen Before You Buy

TweetShare “Stridulum” begins with a methodical marching beat as one could imagine the pounding of soldiers’ boots ominously stomping in the distance, as the lightly coated yet stern vocals signal the end of the “Night.” The pace deepens and then skips to a light run while the laser-esque synths and caws of scavenging fowl abound. [...]

TweetShare Imagine space crickets in a time warp. A crystalline synthesis and what I would characterize, at times, as intelligent wonk for all of the readers who don’t see the logical inconsistency between the two. As the anticlimactic arrival of the apocalypse passes us, we’re forced to reevaluate the archaic electronic methods spread unevenly amongst [...]

TweetShare Out of a long line of musicians from Austin, TX emerges yet another: Gary Clark Jr., the “Future of Texas Blues.” As complementary as this exaltation may appear, the epithet doesn’t quite cast a wide enough net to ensnare his assorted repertoire. Sure, his in-between notes and uniquely devised space blues scales delve into [...]

TweetShare Back to the future from now to a reversion into the 60’s SoCal club scene. This re-release is a flashing anachronism in this late conglomeration, amid the glam neon pink eighties. Considered a precursor to what later became known as the punk-rock scene, Sky Saxon and company quietly managed to blend a confluence of [...]