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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 [...]
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 [...]
Review: Overflow by Windy Lyre
WINDY LYRE
OVERFLOW
2008 Independent CD-R
Purchase: MySpace
Review by: Steve Ruff
This is Windy Lyre’s second album. Her first was on Blonde Vinyl back in 1991, and this is a beautiful follow up. Windy’s vocals are ethereal and remind me of the Cocteau Twins, maybe even Natalie Merchant from 10,000 Maniacs. She has an incredible voice and the music [...]
Review: 16 Flowers by Struck Last May
STRUCK LAST MAY
16 FLOWERS
2007 Hill deg Maria Records
Purchase: strucklastmay.com
Review by: Steve Ruff
Struck Last May’s offering 16 Flowers was released in 2007 and is the latest brainchild of Michael Knott. Rick McDonough is the second half of the band here, and Michael and Rick play all the instruments with Michael carrying the majority of the vocals [...]
Michael Gerard Knott: Things He’s Done, Things Still To Come
By Steve Ruff
Michael has to be the busiest man in music. If you didn’t already know, not only is he a musician, but he is also a painter, the curator of an art gallery and hard at work on several different projects. In addition to the new L.S. Underground album, there are many things on [...]
