Author Archives: Michael Eades

People Zoo – People Zoo

Anyone that has been reading this site for any amount of time knows that I have a deep affinity for any band that is capable of finding the balance between upbeat pop music and melancholy vocal delivery. With that in mind, when I stumbled upon People Zoo and their debut EP I was quite pleased. […]

Mystery Twins “Now & Then”

Typically you think of Mystery Twins as an explosive bit of garage rock but their softer side packs just as much of a punch. This two minute performance of “Now & Then” is beautifully shot and just a touch of haunting in the vocal performance.  (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

The Lees of Memory – 33 1/3

Want to know a surefire way to take already enjoyable, immersive, shoegaze music to the next level? Take the audio intended for 45rpm playback and set it at 33 1/3 speed. That slowed down sludginess provides just the right amount of disconnected, time-warp, ethereal immersion. 

Friendship Commanders - “Animals of Pride”

Last we heard from Friendship Commanders they were releasing their GARFIELD cassette with a full-length to follow shortly. According to their site, they scraped that album and started anew. The results are DAVE – to be released this February – and you can hear the first sneak at their efforts in “Animals of Pride”.  Preorder the […]

Volume 74 Download MP3 | Stream Podcast | Subscribe Fun fact, the release of Volume 74 of the podcast coincides with the day of my birth. This is my gift to you. Okay, it’s actually 30+ minutes of Nashville musicians collective gifts to you because it wouldn’t exist without them. The following is culled from […]

Volume 74

Download MP3Stream Podcast Fun fact, the release of Volume 74 of the podcast coincides with the day of my birth. This is my gift to you. Okay, it’s actually 30+ minutes of Nashville musicians collective gifts to you because it wouldn’t exist without them. The following is culled from very recent releases or slightly upcoming […]

The Dead Deads “Super Tiny”

I don’t mean this despairingly, but there’s a mixture of Mad Max and Harry Potter to the latest from The Dead Deads. The crew meets up in a questionable biker bar with leering men, takes them on with lazer guns and then rocks out after a contemplative moment in the bathroom with a holographic makeup […]

Anchor Thieves – Monolith

The specificity of it is hard to describe but there’s a raw confidence throughout the latest full-length release from Anchor Thieves that really carries the album. The fuzzed out guitars and dreamy vocals are expertly executed through the ten songs but the variety of small details that crop up in each song are what have […]

nightblonde – Transmission 1

Ready yourself for the official debut from nightblonde. This first teaser is just the first of much more to come.  (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

All Them Witches “Under Pressure”

The infamous Queen + David Bowie cover does not seem like a likely target for brooding psych rockers All Them Witches but it works surprisingly well. I credit the particularly dark lyrical vibe to the song. Oddly, the ATW version is surprisingly short, a song factoid you’ve never heard applied to this band previously. (Source: […]

The Privates, the Movie The Privates is a science fiction rock-and-roll comedy about the absurd frustrations and minor triumphs of an everyday rock band with a radioactive energy in their music they can’t control. The above is the quick summary for a new Kickstarter movie project that draws its inspiration from the Nashville band of […]

Chrome Pony “Ragged Child”

There’s a new Chrome Pony album on the horizon for Summer 2016 and “Ragged Child” is the first taste of what to expect. I gotta give it to them, they managed to work in a wailing saxophone solo that doesn’t sound hysterically out of place.Â