What began as a songwriting experiment spanning two states, a hi-speed Internet connection, and a shared love of dark folk music, has since morphed into a living, breathing band. Witnessing Travel by Sea’s growth over the past four years has seen the project, between co-founders Kyle Kersten and Brian Kraft, steadily take on attributes that [...]
As the last remnants of Summer began to burn off throughout the length of September, the stage was set for taking in the reissue of R.E.M.’s third LP, 1985′s Fables of The Reconstruction, as a whole. If context is indeed everything, then Fables is woolen, wood-smoke and that unmistakable crisping of Autumn air. Twenty five [...]
A bit more wavy-gravy than some of the more straight-forward/run of the mill surf comps out there, The Surf Creature delivers 25 instrumental benders with a nod to the bizarre. This collection is an overview of the Surf Creature vinyl series Romulan Records began issuing awhile back. Toes on the nose, indeed. MP3: Unknown :: [...]
2010 can be summed up as the year of extreme musical escapism. For example, an influential and meaningful genre like “ambient” has been watered down into sub-categories like “witch-house”, “chill-wave”, “wave-gaze” and dozens more. Sigh. All of these terms represent the same basic feeling and trend that has dominated this year’s music releases, the powerful [...]
Considering the vast size and scope of the continent it’s fair to say I listen to, write about, and feature a disproportionate amount of sixties and seventies afro-beat/Soweto/what-have-you on these pages. No apologies, as there have been a formidable amount of incredibly creative and interesting reissues and compilations of late—especially ramping up six or so [...]
We are giving away some pairs of tickets to AD readers. Hit us up below in the comments with your name and email to enter. Winners notified via email….tix avail night of show at will-call.
We’re doing our Halloween party this year, on October 29th, with Japan’s favorite exiles, Peelander Z—which makes perfect sense for the occasion if you have seen this band live. At the Grandstar in Chinatown. We had them play on two consecutive Hot Freaks bills, at SXSW, and they take it beyond thunderdome (see video after [...]
Our weekly two hour show on SIRIUS/XMU, channel 26 (SIRIUS), and channel 43 (XM), can now be heard twice, every Friday – Noon EST with an encore broadcast at Midnight EST. SIRIUS 162: Jean Michel Bernard – Generique Stephane ++ The Henry Clay People – Glory ++ Foreign Born – Days ++ The Happy Hollows [...]
When Sleater-Kinney called it quits (or went on hiatus, depending on your stories) in 2006, it was on the heels of their finest moment – a riotous, gargantuan sounding record called The Woods. The band had been making slight alterations to its unique sound for the previous four albums and what turned out to be [...]
We’ve been sitting on Tall Hours in the Glowstream since its August 25 release, but that’s not because Cotton Jones’ latest hasn’t made an impression. Quite the contrary. We were enthralled enough by last year’s Paranoid Cocoon to include it in our year-end wrap-up. We were possibly more rapt when the CJ’s Rio Ranger EP [...]
