April 2009
Review: The Skin of Whippets by Charity Empressa
CHARITY EMPRESSATHE SKIN OF WHIPPETS2002 Velvet Blue MusicPurchase: VelvetBlueMusic.comReview by: Steve Ruff
I’ll be honest… I bought this CD without knowing anything at all about it. I didn’t know who was in the band or what style of music this was. Not usually the way I buy music, but I bought this because Gerard did the [...]
Review: Live at Eddies by Vigilantes of Love
VIGILANTES OF LOVELIVE AT EDDIES2009 IndependentPurchase: BillMallonee.netReview by: Steve Ruff
This download is the deal of the month for sure. This show was recorded at Eddie’s Attic in Decatur, GA on January 23, 2009. This is straight from the soundboard to tickle your little ears. This one has 14 songs in total and is only $4.50 [...]
Review: The Spooky Loop by Paloma
PALOMATHE SPOOKY LOOP1999 Devaness RecordsPurchase: Amazon.comReview by: Steve Ruff
This is one of the best discs that you probably have never heard of. I came across this disc about 10 years ago in a Christian bookstore and bought it because the back cover has a picture of a billboard with John Lennon and Yoko Ono on [...]
Review: Breakups and Fur Coats by Hidden From Blackout
HIDDEN FROM BLACKOUTBREAKUPS AND FUR COATS2009 Hill Deg Maria RecordsHiddenFromBlackout.comReview by: Steve Ruff
Rick McDonough has finally released Hidden From Blackout’s first album entitled Breakups and Fur Coats. I have been waiting on this for disc for a long time and I was excited when I dropped by the post this morning and found the disc [...]
Review: No Line On The Horizon by U2
U2NO LINE ON THE HORIZON2009 InterscopePurchase: U2.comReview by: Matt Crosslin
So you can hear this album on their MySpace page. The whole thing. And you’ve probably already decided whether to buy this album or not based solely on one factor – your opinion of Bono. Or maybe based on the hype surrounding the album in general. [...]
DTL Live Report: Vigilantes of Love
VIGILANTES OF LOVEEDDIES ATTICDECATUR, GA1-23-2009
I was anticipating this show for weeks! Vigilantes of Love is absolutely my favorite Americana band, I have grown up listening to Bill Mallonee and company in whatever line up was playing at the time. Bill retired the Vigilantes in 2002 after well over a decade of non-stop touring and a [...]
Motonaut: Mike Indest and the electro pop journey
If memory serves me correctly, I first came across Motonaut on MySpace. I think they liked the influences on our music list and mentioned something about Mike Knott. I can’t really remember, but I liked their music and added them to our friends list. Probably about a month later Matt emailed me and asked if [...]
The Sound Gallery: Herb Grimaud Jr.
Herb Grimaud Jr. has the best list of musical influences that I have ever seen on MySpace. He has great taste in movies and he’s covered up in tattoos. I was glad to catch up to him and talk to him about several things – including his band The Sound Gallery, his wife Leslie Dupre-Grimaud [...]
Rick McDonough / Hidden From Blackout
Interview and photographs by Michael Knott
Rick McDonough has been my friend for many years now. He’s helped me record several projects including the All Indie E.P., Struck Last May – 16 Flowers, the latest Windy Lyre record. He is also currently playing on – and engineering – the new L.S. Underground record, as well as [...]
SLIDE / Sincerely Paul
An Interview with James Preston and Mike Baker
Interview by Matt Crosslin | Photo courtesy of James Preston
SLIDE (L to R): Mike Baker, James Preston, Sam Mitchell
It’s an all too common story in the music industry: band creates underground buzz, band gets signed, band puts out an album, label folds or drops band, and band disappears [...]
