
I have to admit, I can't really ramble on aimlessly about EP Island trying to sell you on the sounds. The output is much more immediate and compact, and even if I could, it would be against everything LL Schultz and Melanie Covey stand for and rely on as a "band." Both woman have spent years in bands, on the road touring and sleeping in shitty hotel rooms or on friend's couches and really, they don't want that anymore. Practice schedules and the pressure to always be playing aren't really big motivators either. [...]

Shane and I have been bouncing around an idea to help keep the content flowing on herohill. We've always prided ourselves on the fact we don't simply link PR releases or plug the hottest bands, but being a two man shop, it's hard to talk about every band we want to talk about. I mean, even considering the fact we are 95% Canadian content and we ignore most of the stuff sent our way, there is just waaaay too much quality to write a novella about each record that catches our ear. I guess that is why we've [...]
I'M GOING TO BE A FEW DAYS LATE WITH MY BLOG POST. I'LL HAVE IT UP HOPEFULLY BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. I APOLOGIZE FOR THIS; I JUST GOT INUNDATED WITH ERRANDS TO DO. FOR INSTANCE, OUR STOVE FUSED ITSELF TO A POT SO NOW WE HAVE TO BUY NEW STOVE COILS. Podcast Page Direct Link RSS Feed Peachcake, " Stop Acting Like You Know More About The Internet Cafe [...]

Down The Lees, " Alone On A Thursday " Okay, so I love furtive, plaintive, pleading, emotionally wrought love songs. I love tortured orchestras of emotion: violins climbing a twisted vine, reaching for the high, daunting piano notes flaking off just above them. Instruments struggling to burst through the thicket, hoping to be the first to reach the sunlight. A dark, dusky, rich voice followed by a caterwauling Kate-Bush strangle. The singer says "Say you're mine, and I'll give you life". Taken as a straight plea for love, we could think she's talking to a would-be [...]