
Tom Schnabel Bibi Tanga has a great new cd out, called 40 Degrees of Sunshine . It's on the National Geographic's label, Nat Geo, and I think it's their most exciting release to date. His band, The Selenites, were named (most probably) not after the chemical compound but rather after the insect-like moon creatures in H.G. Wells' 1904 sci-fi romance The First Men on the Moon . I've been playing the first song on the album, "Poet of the Soul", a massive, catchy dance groove. Little did I know that the [...]
Happy July 4th! I hope your day is spent in pure leisure, in eating wonderful food and in enjoying friends and family. That's going to be my day! When I was young, I knew today was America's birthday, but I didn't know why today was the big day until I was a little older. It was then I learned about Philadelphia and the Declaration of Independence and the brave men who risked treason to sign and adopt it. Parades with their pageantry and fireworks with their colors and bursting designs seem the perfect way to celebrate our country's birthday. I'll [...]
OfeliaDorme have a new release, All Harm Ends Here , coming to the table very soon and I am delighted to be able to offer a perspective on the release. I missed them in the UK last year, but have heard tiny whispers they may be coming back, as soon as I know more I will let you know. Any way I digress, the new release, how does it stack up. OfeliaDorme | All Harm Ends Here Opening with Paranoid Park , the [...]