First Summer Interview & Quick Update

One of our first interviews for the summer looks to be with another talented Midwest group Ha Ha Tonka.  We’ll be catching up with the band in Chicago to begin gathering footage next month.  I’ve found it difficult to describe the groups sound but, the guys describe their sound as “foot stompin’ indie rock”. Personally they almost remind me of a folkier or a more soulful Kings of Leon.…

Devo’s “Something for Everybody”

Twenty years since releasing their last album and following the anticipated completion of a fan-involved album production process, the new-wave band Devo has come out with “Something for Everybody”. Having emerged from the shadows of their wildly popular tune “Whip It,” the now nearly sixty-year-old performers (in addition to the considerably younger drummer, Josh Freese of Nine Inch Nails and G…

We Review Camp Bisco 9

As The Disco Biscuits step on stage for their fifth and final set of the weekend, bassist Marc Brownstein jokingly states, “It wouldn’t be Camp Bisco if it wasn’t Camp Bisco. You know what I mean? I know at least some of you know what I mean.”

On the surface it seems like he is just a little spun, but for regular attendees of the upstate New York festival Brownie is speaking truth. Simply put, it just wouldn’t Camp Bisco witho…

The Chemical Brothers’ “Further”

Comprised of only two members – Tom Rowland and Ed Simmons – with six albums already under their belt, The Chemical Brothers have a pretty sturdy reputation for making quality, big beat electronic tracks. It’s safe to assume that their more recent music is held to a standard that the band set for themselves when they started consistently producing chart topping records. The pressure to improve exponen…

Sparklehorse’s “Dark Night of the Soul” (produced by Danger Mouse)

Danger Mouse may have broken into the music game by using his production talent for the good of hip hop, but recent history tells listeners his skills are better used in the rock genre.  His latest in a long line of collaboration albums, of which has spanned from The Black Keys to Cee Lo Green to Beck, is a tag team with veteran rock group Sparklehorse.  While the album, titled Dark Night of the Soul, is billed as a collabora…