Musings on the past and present state of music, film, and pop culture. Get off my lawn.
Concert Review: The Darkness at The Mohawk, Austin. UK rockers bring sunny vibes on a sultry night to playing songs off latest release Motorheart and a bevy of classic cuts. Austin has had some crazy weather lately, but the past few days have been cool and breezy. But not last night. Local news stations said […]
Somebody to Love: A Tribute to Taylor Hawkins. Dave Dierksen discusses the impact Hawkins’ had on his life as well as others, along with a Spotify playlist highlighting his body of work. I heard about Taylor Hawkins’ death in the middle of the night, checking my phone while I let my dog out. While still in […]
Concert Review: Ministry, Melvins, Corrosion of Conformity at Emo’s, Austin: ‘Industrial Strength’ tour pulverizes rabid crowd. The last time I was at a concert was January of 2020. I have avoided shows since COVID reared its ugly head. And even once lockdown was eased up and bands began touring again, I was still reticent to […]
35 Albums Turning 30 in 2022: The Best Albums of 1992: a list of the best alternative, metal, hip-hop, indie and experimental releases from 1992. Last year I boldly declared that 1991 was the best musical year of the 90’s. And I still stand by that. But by damn, 1992 is a very close second. Whereas […]
Placebo ‘Never Let Me Go’ Review: alternative rock vets sound reinvigorated on first new (and very topical) album in nearly 10 years. It’s been almost a decade since Placebo put out a studio album (2013’s Loud Like Love). Fans could be forgiven for wondering if the band had splintered or ran out of juice, because […]
Killing Joke ‘Lord of Chaos’ Review: UK postpunk masters return with 4-song EP, featuring new material and ‘Pylon‘ remixes. It seems like whenever life seems completely fucked, when all hope appears lost, we have one silver lining: new music from Killing Joke. Somehow the band are ever attuned to the times we are living in, emerging […]
Why ‘The Batman’ Is The Best Batman Movie Ever: A deep dive into what makes the Matt Reeves’ 2022 Batman reboot starring Robert Pattinson as The Caped Crusader the best yet. After multiple delays and much anticipation, Director Matt Reeves’ The Batman has finally been unleashed upon cinemas, giving audiences a new Dark Knight, this […]
RIP Mark Lanegan: His Essential Playlist: We celebrate the late singer’s legacy with a 30 song Spotify playlist. Today, the music world lost a titan, the gravelly voiced, inimitable vocalist Mark Lanegan, has died at the age of 57. While the details are scarce (the singer had been suffering after a long and treacherous bout […]
13 Best Rock and Metal Albums Of 2021: great music from a not-so-great year. I feel like every time I do yearly-best-of’s, I have to comment about how great music made a shitty year more bearable. Welp, 2021 was certainly another year that was pretty fucking terrible, when we desperately needed as many sonic escape […]
Simon Bromide ‘Following The Moon’ Review: The Bromides’ frontman strikes out on his own with solo debut album. As one 1/3 of the trio The Bromides, Simon Bromide (real name Simon Berridge) has earned a solid rep for his particular brand of indie rock. But with that group currently on hiatus, he’s venturing on his […]
