Author Archives: Michael Eades

Iron/Fox – Ontogenesis

Iron/Fox is the collaborative undertaking of Justin Fox and Aaron Irons – the later of which you may know from his involvement in The Non-Commissioned Officers, Jasmin Kaset’s band, Vermicious K’nids and other various projects. It’s a keyboard driven bit of indie rock with a flair for building tensions. Personally, I think the second half […]

Hurts to Laugh – Killing An Arab (Sidewalk Show)

Why book a show when you can just pull a van up alongside a restaurant and start playing? That’s what Hurts to Laugh did in Hillsboro Village last week and managed to capture the whole thing with the help of 6Minor Films. It’s equal parts absurd, ballsy and enjoyable. (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

BecomingTheDevourer – My Time on a Dying Ship

When you have the band name BecomingTheDevourer (one word) and an album entitled My Time on a Dying Ship with the track “The Fever Dream of a Dying God” you are really setting the scene for what your listeners should expect. Fortunately, BecomingTheDevourer does not disappoint and this is an EP of properly tension filled, brooding, […]

A Limping Kitty – Something Else: A Secret From Mom

Make no mistake, calling this an album or an EP or any kind of traditional musical collection label is inaccurate. This is a four-track turned on at intermittent moments recording pieces of time and, occasionally, there is some music that goes along with it. I can’t even put my finger on why I enjoy this but […]

relax with fiction “Sunset Bay”

I’ve been a big fan of Eli Beard since his days in And The Relatives. His output since that time has consistent and voluminous – though usually for other people (I think he’s the bass player for How I Became the Bomb now, is that right?). Occasionally, he releases one of his own creations under […]

Charles Butler – Letterbox, They Might Be Giants Reimagined

There was a time that I would have called They Might Be Giants my #1 favorite band. It wasn’t exactly a “cool” part of my personality but I was unapologetically in love with the crazy range of musical styles, off the wall executions and, often, incredibly clever and fun lyrics. So, upon encountering Charles Butler’s EP […]

Wildfront – Strange Gold

Recently stumbled upon the dreamy pop offerings of Wildfront and am quite enjoying. The album art and band photo drew me in but the sweet melancholy airy melodies kept me around. Get into this and pay attention, they’ve hopefully got more goodness to offer the world.

Bully “Trying”

Two Bully posts in week?! Sounds like someone has an album coming out soon. Watch the official video for Trying and then immediately go pre-order Feels Like, it’s the right thing to do. (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

Natural State – Tape01

It’s not easy to give much of an insightful review on a 14-minute improvised drone performance but I can’t help but be excited about the existence of these sounds emitting from a Nashville based artist. We’re all well aware of the fact that Nashville is so much more than pop country and schlocky rock but […]

Dirty Bandana’s – 32′s

I love an ambitious undertaking and the 32′s project from Dirty Bandana’s project certainly falls into that category. From the horses mouth: This is an experiment. It became obvious to me that I needed to produce art. So I decided to write and record 32 measures of music every weekday. For now it’s just me […]

HeCTA – Till Someone Gets Hurt

The first song from HeCTA was official released today. The band, consisting of Kurt Wagner, Ryan Norris and Scott Martin, is likely not what you’d expect to hear when you see Wagner’s name. It’s heavily beat driven, dance-y and a conscious effort to create outside of the norm. The full album, The Diet, will be […]

MELT / BUMMRcity – Spaghetti Split

There’s a certain breed of lo-fi, drawling, loose psych rock that Nashville manages to do quite well. I’d not heard of MELT or BUMMRcity prior to this split but I’d be willing to bet they are a sweaty good time to see live.