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Weekend Reading

I caught Wye Oak last night at the Parish in Austin. The band’s 2011 release, Civilian remains one of my favorites of the year. Thanks to a fan request the band returned for a encore to perform their cover of Danzig’s “Mother,” which first appeared here. Grantland (my new favorite website) premiered the new video [...]

Monday News

Colin Stetson’s new EP, Those Who Didn’t Run is out this week. Pitchfork reviews the record and has a “The End of Your Suffering” from the EP up for listening. I picked up some great used vinyl over the weekend at Waterloo Records. I got turned onto Implodes new album, Black Earth while in the [...]

Video: “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald”

By Jeff Kollath Today, November 10, is the 35th anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald in Lake Superior. One of the largest cargo ships in the Great Lakes fleet, the 729-foot ship packed with iron ore went down near Whitefish Bay, Michigan in a mighty storm – “The Gales of November” – taking [...]

Video: Tom Waits – I Wish I Was In New Orleans

I arrived in New Orleans yesterday. People were dressed to the nines on Easter Sunday. I’ve staggered my way home after navigating the french quarter. With a full schedule of tips and recommendations, I’m ready to hit the town again this morning. Drop a comment if you’ve got any can’t miss spots in the Big [...]

The Poster Tube: Landland

By Jeff Kollath Episode three of the Poster Tube takes us a few hours north to Minneapolis and a visit to the studio of Dan Black and Jessica Seamans of Landland. As you will see from their work and from the answers to my questions, the level of detail, care, and thought is off the [...]

Muzzle of Bees Video: Langhorne Slim – “Be Set Free”

In September Langhorne Slim was in town staying with drummer Malachi DeLorenzo for a few days before heading out on tour supporting their fantastic new album, Be Set Free. We previously shared “Land of Dreams,” the first installment of our multiple part video series that we were fortunate to capture in between radio appearances and [...]