Review: Brainiac – “Attic Tapes” June 24, 2021 Musical polymath Tim Taylor shuffled off this mortal coil way back on May 23, 1997, killed in a car crash in his 30th year of… Continue Reading
Feature: Rediscover “The For Carnation” December 1, 2020 “Now when I fall to earth, I hear applause/ I love to hear applause,” Brian McMahan sings, suggesting various readings, on “Emp. Man’s Blues,”… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Bedhead – “Bedhead: 1992-1998” Boxed Set November 18, 2014 The single guitar note, all fragile and frosted glass, falls on the foot of the kick drum. And then, as the notes continue to… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Shellac – “Dude Incredible” November 6, 2014 Did you pre-order Shellac’s Dude Incredible yet? And, give it to me straight, are these Touch-and-Go Records legends still in their prime, still sharp… Continue Reading