For the past 26 days, I have been on the road. I started in Atlanta with the goal of ending up in Tahoe for the SnowGlobe Festival. Sadly, the SnowGlobe Festival starts in less than 24 hours, and I'm in Phoenix, Arizona. I refuse to break my own rules and take a bus, plane or train. This adventure has been about hitchhiking, and I made it more than 2,400 miles. This trip cannot end in failure. I didn't come across the country to miss the show. When I got to Phoenix, I was joined by Max, a good [...]
For the past 26 days, I have been on the road. I started in Atlanta with the goal of ending up in Tahoe for the SnowGlobe Festival. Sadly, the SnowGlobe Festival starts in less than 24 hours, and I'm in Phoenix, Arizona. I refuse to break my own rules and take a bus, plane or [...]
I need to be at the SnowGlobe Festival in six days. I know it doesn't sound like a heavy burden, but it has actually become one. There's a strange side to the "business world" of music - and I'm going to delve into it for a moment here. How many festivals happen across the globe each year? 100? 200? All I know is there are a ton, and I'm tasked with picking the "cool ones", and then involving Earmilk. As you may have noticed, we give away a lot of music for free here, so I feel a [...]
I need to be at the SnowGlobe Festival in six days. I know it doesn't sound like a heavy burden, but it has actually become one. There's a strange side to the "business world" of music - and I'm going to delve into it for a moment here. How many festivals happen across the globe [...]
First of all, I have to say it's hard to choose between all the amazing talent on Aural Sects ( yep, it's pronounced the way you think it is ). Featuring Black Ceiling has been a long time coming. When I did my first big witchhouse roundup , everyone commenting was in agreement on one thing: Black Ceiling is a beast. Then Black Ceiling's album came out. So uh, that changed everything. In all seriousness, I mean this: Black Ceiling's II is my favorite album of 2011. No [...]
Black Ceiling lives in Spokane, Washington - a regular musical mecca. When I think 'cutting edge music,' I think Spokane. Real name: Dan - Facebook friend: yes. Describing what he does as classic on a such an emerging sound like "witch house" doesn't feel appropriate, although he does bring some familiarity with a little Madonna "dubble dose" in his take on Like a Prayer (which themes well) - I've been wanting to feature him on the site for a while, and but I get lazy, or distracted, or maybe just can't get away from the songs long enough [...]

( WITCH HOUSE : Do you love it, or do you hate it? Take a listen, and then tell us what you love/hate in the comments section. ) We've covered SALEM before here on Earmilk, and the results were mixed. SALEM is a witch house group. Witch house, for those of you out-of-the-loop, is... well... Actually, I'm not sure anyone has gone over what witch house is yet. I've seen people attempt to describe it, so I thought I'd offer my description: It's Depeche Mode and Bjork 's collaborative [...]