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Andy's most recent reviews
Avant Duel
Beyond Human, 2012
Spaceman comes to Earth, fronts rock band!It sounds like it might be a Weekly World News headline or the subplot to a ‘60s-era Godzilla film, yet this is allegedly what happened when, in the ...
The Violet Mindfield
Hello Darling, 2019
While music groups have tried to emulate the sounds of the past in various ways, this is perhaps nowhere more evident than in the world of psychedelic music. Though one ...
Dark Oz
Alligators, 2018
A few years removed from 2015's ¡Piratas!, a record I found singularly outstanding, Portland, Oregon band Dark Oz returned with a second EP entitled Alligators. Unsurprisingly given circumstances affecting the Dark Oz ...
Twin Towers
Replacing God, 2018
Replacing God by ultra-prolific Kansas-based experimental musician Twin Towers at times seems to be an experimental metal album, but there's much more to the work and I think it has a ...
Andy's most recent features
Music SXSW 2018
Posted April 8, 2018, 12:53 p.m.The year's third month is always a crazy time to be in Austin, what with the South by Southwest Festival taking up March's middle third, but the overall ...
One Question Interviews Cindy Marabito (The Dicks From Texas)
Posted Dec. 5, 2017, 1:13 p.m.Cindy Marabito (The Dicks From Texas) SPB: Living in Austin and being a part of South by Southwest for the last several years, I'm often struck by the, what ...
Music SXSW 2017
Posted April 15, 2017, 1:38 a.m.A year after the standing President of the United States attended and lectured at the South by Southwest Festival, politics were again front and center for much of 2017's ...
One Question Interviews Scene Point Blank - Spryos Stasis
Posted June 1, 2016, 3:33 a.m.Spyros Stasis SPB: (How) Has work in sound engineering affected your music tastes and/or reviewing? Spyros Stasis: It has not affected so much my outlook on the quality of ...
Andy's most recent news stories
Records SPB Premiere: "Pog Merch" and "Sports Music" by HYPEMOM
Posted Jan. 14, 2020, 8:54 a.m.
Song titling: some bands do it, but it’s kinda blah. Some bands do it and the title represents the song, but maybe doesn’t quite pop. Other bands seem ...
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Videos Music Video Announcement: "Farewell" by Kaada
Posted Oct. 23, 2019, 8:46 a.m.
Having grown up in a pre-YouTube era and gone through film school many moons ago, I've always appreciated music videos that served as more than just promotional material for ...
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Records SPB Premiere: "A Ways Away From Me" by Slumberbox
Posted Oct. 21, 2019, 9:35 a.m.
After debuting with a self-titled 2017 EP, Seattle's Slumberbox is gearing up for the release of new EP, Estoy Listo, Quiero Morirme. Google Translate is your friend if you ...
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Videos SPB Video Premiere: "Dance Cop" by No Men
Posted Oct. 17, 2019, 9:07 a.m.
Describing themselves as "equal parts 69, 420, and 666," Chicago-based three-piece No Men unleash their sophomore full-length record, Hell Was Full So We Came Back, on November 15th. A follow-up ...
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Andy's most recent blogposts
Seeking Respite from Ubiquitous Holiday Pop...
Posted Dec. 25, 2015, 4:03 p.m. by Andy
In the month leading up to the holiday, it's often difficult to escape the near-continual assault of schmaltzy Christmas music. It seems virtually every artist of note in the last ...Andy's Favorite Horror Film Soundtracks
Posted Oct. 31, 2015, 11:11 a.m. by Andy
Though usually panned by the majority of film critics – the mainstream ones anyway- horror films seem to be a Hollywood mainstay that just won't go away. This is hardly ...Film Review - 1988's Not of This Earth
Posted Oct. 31, 2015, 10:27 a.m. by Andy
Made in 1957, director Roger Corman's typically efficient low-budget sci-fi flick Not of This Earth came to be regarded as a minor genre classic in the years to come – and ...Film Review - Profondo Rosso, a.k.a. Deep Red
Posted Oct. 31, 2015, 10:09 a.m. by Andy
In the midst of the opening credits sequence for Italian director Dario Argento's 1975 Profondo Rosso (a.k.a. Deep Red), the viewer is treated to a truncated scene appearing to show ...
