It’s kind of a trick question: when your band sounds a little gloomy to begin with, how can your audience tell when you’re despondent? Maybe… Read More »Somebody Likes It Ep 121: The Cure – “Bloodflowers”
Start by forgetting all you think you know. Every day is Christmas when you’re an LA Garage scene musician, and the songs are presents you… Read More »Somebody Likes It: Ep 120: Wand – “Plum”
Let’s get into the Dream Syndicate (or perhaps not, as they didn’t get into much of anything from the years 1989-2012). Here in 2017, they’re… Read More »Somebody Likes It Ep 119: Dream Syndicate – “How Did I Find Myself Here”
Wolf Alice…Wolf Alice? It’s one of those band names like 10,000 Maniacs that reminds you that band names are less about musical content and more… Read More »Somebody Likes It Ep 118: Wolf Alice – “Visions of a Life”
Are anthems nature or nurture? Maybe that seems a question easily answered, but think again: whereas so many of today’s musical tentpoles are crafted to… Read More »Somebody Likes It – Ep 117 – Tom Petty Tribute
By now, we’re familiar with the Blackalicious mojo: Gift of Gab throwing obsessive, complicated rhymes over the steady propulsive backbeat dropped by one Chief Xcel,… Read More »Somebody Likes It – Ep 116 – Blackalicious: “Blazing Arrow”
Join us this week, as we discuss Band of Horses’ 2006 (turns out, debut LP, after an EP), Everything All the Time. If you love… Read More »Somebody Likes It – Ep 115 – Band of Horses: “Everything All The Time”
Let’s be honest: Hug Of Thunder, for all of its good intentions, kind of sounds like something made by Hasbro: perhaps a giant, fluffy, crime-fighting… Read More »Somebody Likes It Ep 114: Broken Social Scene – “Hug of Thunder”
Whatever you think of Cracker — they’ve been the subject of chart busting platitudes and some indie derision alike — it’s hard to understate the… Read More »Somebody Likes It Ep 113: Cracker – “Kerosene Hat”
SON! Pioneer of “trucker country,” Jerry Reed, turns out, falls in my sweet spot. The man was rapping (albeit with a country twang) before that… Read More »Somebody Likes It Ep 112: Jerry Reed – “The Essential Jerry Reed”