Swans (no “The”!) keep coming up in conversation. You know the band Swans, right? Michael Gira? New York “scene” in the 80s? One of the most punishing, brutal bands to ever exist?…

I’ve been digging DEEP into soundtracks and film scores this week. After that collection of 5,000 titles surfaced it was a no-brained I’d be spending my time pulling out interesting titles and…

If you’ve been playing attention this week, the music of Townes Van Zandt has come up a few times. Well, okay, maybe only once. On…Tuesday? Or was it Wednesday? Guys, I’m pretty…

I was having a conversation with a friend last night about music. Naturally these things are bound to happen when your life — in some regards — revolves around it. Our conversation…

Hey guys. How’s it join’? WHAT? WHY THE HELL WOULD YOU CHANGE “GOIN'” to “JOIN'” STUPID AUTO-CORRECT!? Sorry, where was I? I trust your work-weeks passed without issue. Mine is just beginning,…

On Friday night I’ll be posting my annual Top Ten Records Of The Year (So Far) list. I’ve been penning these for a while now, and it provides readers with a good…

In the past few weeks I’ve written about both Rocketship and Henry’s Dress, so I think it’s only fitting if I go ahead and share a list of what I believe to…

Thanks for the feedback on my little list I drunkenly posted last night. It would seem, according to some of you (cough cough Ian cough cough) that I left a bunch of…

There I was, somewhere on the 134 heading West, trying in vain (again) to get all the way through The Invisible Way, when I started to wonder, “This is easily the WORST…

With the exception of two weekends (Ian’s bachelor party & Ian’s wedding), I was sober throughout the last four months of 2012. I’ve never done that before. Well, not intentionally, anyway. As…