January 8, 2016

In a year filled with over-hyped rhetoric, it feels a little surreal to try and parcel up my take on the experience. Honestly though, I may have felt similarly last year, if the title of my year end posts signals anything. America’s long-winded election is in full-swing… a year+ long leer…
November 26, 2015
This week we’re leading with the latest cool burn from Chicago’s BARO Records, a truly slipstream vaporwave double-feature courtesy of two foundational projects; Hong Kong Express and t e l e p a t h テレパシー能力者, titled Gateway アセンション, and released just under our…
September 12, 2015

#1 – 9.8.2015 – Chondritic Sound unveiled half a dozen new tapes, a batch orchestrated to couch their magnificent 300th release, a label compilation sporting “18 artists reflecting the past, present and future of the label,” titled All the Little Devils Are Proud of Hell. The…
July 25, 2015

#1 – 7.18.2015 – A slightly out of date item from late last week, neglected because the 18th was my birthday (and the date of a show my wife’s band was playing, sans their usual lead singer [in fact, mostly sans vocals], for the first time) — but if you found that tidbit absolutely…
July 2, 2015

Although skipped by many, breakfast truly is the most important meal of the day. Whether alone and on the small side with a bit of toast and coffee or in a party in a cozy and crowded brunch spot, that first meal brings its own set of themes and vibes that lunch, supper, and dinner can’t quite…
April 25, 2015

Though the official announcement is now nearly a week out of date, I can’t help but direct attention to Baro Records’ wonderful cassette reissue of Julian Lynch’s 2009 Orange You Glad LP for Olde English Spelling Bee. When I bought that record, shortly before escaping my fiendish…