Smiley With A Knife: Long Now
It’s been ages since I was able to enjoy this kind of music. The last time math rock held any meaning for me was the fall of 2005. I was living in Baton Rouge in the time between Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and I had spent four days on an uncomfortable couch in a powerless, [...]
Sharks’ Teeth: Atrium EP
One of the most exciting parts of following a young band is watching their musical and songwriting sensibilities change and evolve quite literally before your ears. Sharks’ Teeth, the nom de guerre Tyler Schurlock adopts when not writing songs for and performing with Sun Hotel, started out as little more than an avenue to release [...]
Weekend: Sports
Though the title of this San Francisco trio’s debut album probably has absolutely nothing to do with the 1983 album of the same name by Huey Lewis and the News, it was still the first thing that struck me, mostly because of how diametrically opposite Weekend’s cover art is from Lewis’. The Huey Lewis cover [...]
Cake: Showroom of Compassion
After a nearly seven-year hiatus from music, Cake returns with a self-released album recorded and produced entirely on solar power. That may seem like a strange enviro-political statement coming from a band whose past hits were about a guy pursuing a girl (“The Distance”) and unrealistic yet true-to-life standards in women (“Short Skirt Long Jacket”). [...]
