The reason this is a great album is Same But Different. The most engaging artists always have a unique, identifiable sounds such that you can pick them out immediately. But that does not mean that every song and album sound the same. To the contrary, the best bands stretch their musical muscle from album to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
When I first received Majesty Shredding at the beginning of this week I figured that by the time I sat down to write this review there would be a lot of “this song sounds like Indoor Living and that song sounds like Come Pick Me Up“. I then settled into the first listen of the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
My participation in forums has always been inconsistent. I tend to read a lot more than I write, but then I will go through little bursts of increased participation. Ultimately my activity has never been to the level of being recognized as a regular or “one of the gang”, but I do enjoy being a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Over the past few weeks there has been an outcry by my loyal readers regarding the objectivity displayed by my work in the Superchunk field. It is felt that my articles indicate a heavy bias and therefore invalidate the results of my research. The following definition comes from dictionary.com not influenced by personal feelings, interpretations, or prejudice; based on facts; unbiased: an objective opinion. Obviously it is impossible […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Mac McCaughan is very prolific. Co-founder / front-man / chief songwriter for Superchunk. Main dude for Portastatic. Co-founder / owner of awesome Merge records. Defender of independent music labels and makers. Visual artist. And more. All of these things have resulted in a constant stream of output over multiple decades. Mac’s passion and talent can hardly be contained in […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’m not going to walk through Superchunk’s album history again as I covered it in my 4-part series starting here, so I will summarize to say that their first 5 albums (plus 2 singles collections) were all manner of rockin’.
Mac testified before Congress. That in itself sounds super cool and important. Seriously, though, Mac testified on the future of radio, putting forth the importance of non-commercial, independent radio. Here is an excerpt: I also want to urge this committee to take the necessary steps to ensure that our media landscape does not become even more […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I finally found a place for the free swag always given out by the great indie providers Merge Records and WFMU. Bringing indie goodness to the Ontario wilderness.
