I can't believe I missed this Tom Waits performance
Cheap portable speakers can sound good enough. Pricey hardware can make you feel cheated. The trick, in my opinion, is to find something that's at the top of the range, with middle-of-the-road or better pricing. The Bose SoundLink Plus has absolutely ...
It's no secret that I'm a huge fan of Puppy Songs -- I just love the sweet, catchy, funny songs written, performed, and recorded by musician Matt Hobbs, who began creating them during the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, when he found himself ...
I'm in love with this little marionette drummer, who plays a tiny drum kit and truly rocks out. His name is Chops -- and boy does he have them, in spades. I love watching him -- clad in his little tie-dyed t-shirt and denim overalls, sitting at his ...
Gorillaz' House of Kong exhibition was an awe-inspiring physical step into the mad cartoon world Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett have built over the past 20-odd years. It was also the vehicle for their upcoming album being leaked in its entirety, but ...
Canadian indie rock band The New Pornographers faced an unpleasant dilemma this year after drummer Joseph Seiders' arrest and subsequent conviction on charges of possessing child pornography. After firing Seiders and thinking about it a while, the ...
This guy takes the idea of rock music quite literally. Watch Simon Portefaix play an incredible cover of Radiohead's "No Surprises" by drumming on actual rocks. I prefer this version to the original -- it sounds magical. In the comments, Portefaix ...
Now, to be fair, there are country songs I love from country artists I love, but I also don't think it'd be totally unreasonable to call the genre a bit samey. As our rural areas gradually vanish and the genre struggles to escape the post-9/11 haze ...
One of my preciouses is a Philips Pocket Memo 596 microcassette recorder my father gave me in 1986 or so. As you can see from the photo above, I've kept it in good nick. But in all honesty, I haven't used it much this millenium. -- Read the rest The ...
The tragic story of Pink Floyd's genius founder who disappeared after creating their psychedelic rock breakthrough ...
For a long time, I've wanted to be able to listen to the radio, podcasts, or music as I shower. This cheap and super easy to connect to waterproof speaker ...
