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Hot Water Music

I skirted the edge of the 80’s in my music listening and appreciation. Most of what I had heard I didn’t really care for. I’ve grown to appreciate it a lot more over the years. Around the time Nirvana broke, I was in my full fledge musical exploration of explorations. After […]

EP Review: Ledaswan

Formed in 2004, Ledaswan is a fledgling San Antonio-based group who’ve recently released their 2nd EP. The new 7-song EP, Verse of Truth, Trash, and Beauty, is a gentle blend of The Cure and Trespassers William.
Lead vocalist Erica Gutierrez sounds like Hope Sandoval and, to a lesser degree, Alison Shaw. Guitarists Jaime Monzon, […]

Cloverfield: It’s not Godzilla, Dude

Cloverfield, produced by the creator of Alias and Lost, J.J. Abrams, doesn’t exactly reinvent the monster movie, but it certainly gives it a shiny new spin. Crossing Godzilla with Aliens by way of The Blair Witch Project, the movie follows a group of ordinary New Yorkers as the struggle to live through an attack on […]

Auxiliary House

I found these guys on YouLicense. Apparently they are a collective of musicians from Trekky Records, a great label which probably deserves its own post. Auxiliary House is based in North Carolina and consists of an undefined number of members who get around to play whenever their other band commitments allow them the privilege. Their […]

Time Traveling: Interview with Nicolay & Kay

Nicolay is best known as the producing half of The Foreign Exchange (the other half being Phonte Coleman of Little Brother), whose debut album Connected made a huge impact on the underground hip-hop and soul scene. Since then, he has produced for Little Brother, Supastition, Masta Ace, Strange Fruit Project and Zion I and remixed […]

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