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The End – Why Do You Mourn

Review — October 17, 2023

The End is assembled by stellar musicians of the Swedish and Norwegian avant-garde jazz scene, amongst them the likes of Mats Gustafsson and Sofia Jernberg. Their moment of origin with Svårmod Och Vemod Är Värdesinnen, found this collective relishing their all too familiar chaos. Crazed saxophone solos and frenetic …

The Shits – You’re A Mess

Review — November 3, 2023

With their origin dating to the late ‘10s, I was quite amazed to find in Discogs that this is only the fifth instance of a band named The Shits. However, I am not taking into account the many out there who feel the need to adorn the famous noun with …

Lambrini Girls – You're Welcome

Review — November 17, 2023

Red Hot Chili Peppers, Cake, Iron & Wine, Meat Puppets, Blind Melon, Peaches, Neutral Milk Hotel, Lemon Demon and The Sugarcubes. While stylistically these bands are essentially alien to one another they do have one unifying quality. Bands named after food and drink have a long lineage. As a …

Swami & The Bed Of Nails – All Of This Awaits You

Review — July 25, 2024

Some artists slow down as they get older. Who knows if that’s because of day jobs or family or something about the new creative process. It’s all case by case and speculation, and that’s not why I’m here talking about John Reis’s latest project anyway, other than to give a …

The Mocks – Do You Want Me Too?

Review — September 12, 2024

Retro music as retro as this is not something I listen to a lot. Nick Waterhouse is the closest comparison I can make that I actually listen to. So why on earth am I reviewing this album, you might wonder? Well, I discovered their label last year. Wap Shoo Wap …

Oh Gehenna...how you make me smile

Blog — January 8, 2008

I broke out my CD for the Gehenna- The War of the Sons of Light and the Sons of Darkness and saw something that always made me smile. Allow me first to preface who this Gehenna is. These guys were a desperate batch of dudes who were rumored to be …

What Inspires You? A (Sort of) Tour Diary

Blog — October 10, 2013

  A couple weeks ago, I went on a trip to the middle of the country to see my favorite band, AFI, play shows up and down the midwest. Some of my time there was spent writing my thoughts and daily activities down. This is the first half, the …

What Inspires You? A (Sort of) Tour Diary Part 2

Blog — October 14, 2013

 A couple weeks ago, I went on a trip to the middle of the country to see my favorite band, AFI, play shows up and down the midwest. Some of my time there was spent writing my thoughts and daily activities down. This is the first half, the September half, …

Torq Campbell wants you to Imagine a better Canada

Blog — September 11, 2015

Earlier this week I was browsing my twitter feed when I noticed the a number of posts using the hashtag #ImagineOctober20th . The tweets were Canadians speculating on what the country might look like if the Conservatives are voted out of power in the October 19th federal election. …

You Am I @ Enmore Theatre

Blog — September 1, 2017

You Am I & Hoodoo Gurus Enmore Theatre Sydney, AU August 31, 2017 If you paid an iota of attention over the last couple of years, it would not have gone unnoticed that when it comes to artists on terra australis, Tex Perkins and his …

What's Sumatra With You? Part 2

Blog — April 5, 2018

The Daily Grind What's Sumatra With You? -- Part 2   Hello from where the cold things are, i.e. the neither regions of arctic Norway. I quite like hiking as it is the ultimate way to explore the countryside of new territory and immerse yourself in …

What's Sumatra With You? Part 3

Blog — June 19, 2018

What’s Sumatra With You? -- Part 3 Black, hot liquid gold makes the world go round. Most like it hot but does it always have to be? Ever tried cold extracted coffee? I had not until I came across the liquid emissions of First Press …

What's Sumatra With You? Part 4

Blog — October 1, 2018

What’s Sumatra with You? Killer Coffee and Sip4Sip The fact that I love coffee is not exactly a well-guarded secret. A passion I shared with a mob of good people I have recently come across. A local favourite that shall soon hit the new world …

What's Sumatra With You? Part 5

Blog — December 30, 2018

What’s Sumatra with You? Wonderous Potions Yawn. I know - recovery and energy drinks are flooding the beverage markets and come in manifold colourful variations that promise everything from hydration to performance enhancement. I hardly ever feel the urge to use them, if not for …

What’s Sumatra With You? – Suntory Boss Coffee

Blog — November 17, 2019

What’s Sumatra With You? – Suntory Boss Coffee   I remember the first time I touched down in Japan. Apart from the feeling you get as soon as you exit your plane, i.e. that you have entered a fantastic alien universe, I felt like I was being watched. …

What’s Sumatra with You? - East Forged

Blog — February 1, 2020

What’s Sumatra with You? East Forged   As I travel this earthround, more often than not on more exotic territory, I find myself reminded of Abraham Lincoln musing that if what I am proffered is supposed to be coffee, I’d rather have tea and if it is supposed …

Jeremy Kirwan-Ward: You Can See It From Here

Blog — August 3, 2020

Jeremy Kirwan-Ward: You Can See It From Here Fremantle Press   One of the qualities of art is to offer to grind a new lens and the opportunity to transform and change viewpoints, which can result in one recalibrating one’s outlook. With Australia’s unique rugged landscape, there …

What’s Sumatra with you? – Hey Tiger

Blog — October 15, 2020

What’s Sumatra with you? – Hey Tiger   As the Beatles ever so eloquently put it, all you need is love – but a lil’ chocolate every now and then certainly does not hurt, especially if it is being produced in a sustainable manner, i.e. not only by …

"Do You Have a Band?": Poetry and Punk Rock in NYC

Blog — November 13, 2020

"Do You Have a Band?": Poetry and Punk Rock in New York City Columbia University Press   In terms of cross-pollinationand active exchange, the underground scene of New York City in the ninety seventies and eighties was unrivalled with protagonists on both the musical and poetical fronts …

Music and Fashion…Dr. Martens will see you now!

Blog — December 17, 2020

Music and Fashion…Dr. Martens will see you now!   It was in seventh grade when a much older hellraiser joined my class that I was introduced to Metallica’s “…and justice for all” album, which had just been released. Intrigued and inspired by the aggressive complexity of the album, …