
the name, or the man, john p. strohm may not necessarily ring a bell, but the man, in my world, is legendary. he started off playing drums in punk bands in his hometown of bloomington, in - a town i still want to get to one day, then after moving to boston he played guitar in the much beloved blake babies w/ juliana hatfield. the first time i heard their 89 release earwig was in high school, and while i was still into really horrible metal at the time, i would put it up there dinosaur jr's [...]
O kay, so there are even a few more records that I really liked (in varying degrees) from 2007. You should (as always) check these out as well. MP3 | Bishop Allen - Rain The Broken String MP3 | Erik Mongrain - Percusien-Fa Fates MP3 | Rogue Wave - Fantasies Asleep At Heaven's Gate MP3 | [...]

M ost of you will recognize John Strohm from bands like Blake Babies, Antenna, The Lemonheads, and the short-lived Velo-Deluxe (a favorite of mine). Even though this Bloomington, IN born and (currently) Birmingham, Alabama-based musician's day job is that of an entertainment lawyer, he still writes and records and has got a great new album called Everyday Life that was just released on Superphonic Records. It is full of gentle and melodic rootsy pop-rock just that just lingers in the summer breeze and reminds me of places much slower and relaxed than [...]
Arthur & Yu : one downloadable track [mp3] other music blog posts: @lhb @hype @elbo.ws | @myspace Bottom of the Hudson : "Handwriting" [mp3] from Fantastic Hawk (out July 17th) other music blog posts: @lhb @hype @elbo.ws | @myspace John P. Strohm : "Sha La" [mp3] from Everyday Lives (out July 10th) other [...]

John P. Strohm was born to an academic family in the Big Ten town of Bloomington, Indiana. After playing drums in the punk scene there, Strohm relocated to Boston and soon switched to guitar. His then-girlfriend and drummer Freda Love joined him and, upon meeting guitarist Juliana Hatfield, the three formed the Blake Babies, one of the heavy players on the bubbling Boston pop scene that also included the Lemonheads, Dumptruck, Buffalo Tom and the Pixies. He was also in the Lemonheads at this point, serving as the band's drummer, appearing on the Lick album after producing the band's [...]

1. Some vegetarians say they won't eat anything with a face . . . 2. Passion of the Weiss has posted the results of his 25 greatest hip hop albums of all time. Go and check it out. 3. Harvest Moon (Neil Young cover)-Elliot Smith . 4. John P. Strohm-Sha La. The new single off Everyday Life, from John P. Strohm, formerly of Blake Babies. 5. If you go here, to the K-Otix [...]