INTRODUCING YOU TO BANDS YOU MIGHT  NOT KNOW, BUT TOTALLY SHOULD. Vitamin String Quartet Most people who know me know that I love classical music. So much so that in 9th grade I got busted with a walkman in class by a nun at my Catholic school and I was [...]

    INTRODUCING YOU TO BANDS YOU MIGHT  NOT KNOW, BUT TOTALLY SHOULD. The Glorious Sons I always think it’s strange that popular Canadian bands sometimes don’t have the same impact in the United States as they should. Don't we basically share airwaves up there? That lack of translation can be [...]

  INTRODUCING YOU TO BANDS YOU MIGHT  NOT KNOW, BUT TOTALLY SHOULD. Delicate Steve I love when an artist can be totally captivating while being almost entirely instrumental. Eliminated elements of things often don’t produce the best results. Raisins, for example are the worst thing a grape could become when water [...]

  INTRODUCING YOU TO BANDS YOU MIGHT  NOT KNOW, BUT TOTALLY SHOULD. Cocteau Twins Floaty is a word right? Well it is now because it’s the best way to describe a lot of the Cocteau Twins’ music. The airy vocals of Elizabeth Fraser are often unintelligible, as they weave through pop [...]

Preparing for a hurricane is something most long term East Coast people will inevitably experience at some point. Everyone knows the basics for hurricane preparation. Get water, take loose objects inside so they don’t become projectiles, board up some windows if you can and if you are in the [...]

  Nobody told me that when a child is old enough to walk, that they also develop an invisible forcefield. A very selective invisible forcefield, I should say. It seems to appear directly in front of the toddler 2’ inside doorways they have just entered. This happens exclusively if a [...]

  INTRODUCING YOU TO BANDS YOU MIGHT  NOT KNOW, BUT TOTALLY SHOULD. Polysics Polysics have been around for two decades and have released a prolific body of work in that time. It's like Primus, The Damned and Devo (their clear inspiration) melded to make a Japanese version of themselves. I’m pretty [...]

  INTRODUCING YOU TO BANDS YOU MIGHT  NOT KNOW, BUT TOTALLY SHOULD. Dead Sara I’ve covered a few hard rock bands on Playlist Elevated, but none that are quite as tight and exciting as Dead Sara. The bands potent sound comes from a combination of bluesy rock, hints of country depth [...]

  INTRODUCING YOU TO BANDS YOU MIGHT  NOT KNOW, BUT TOTALLY SHOULD. Andrew Bird I first became aware of Andrew Bird through his super strange video for the beautiful song Lull, that details the love affair of a man and his giant squid. Since then I’ve loved this singer/ violinist and [...]

INTRODUCING YOU TO BANDS YOU MIGHT  NOT KNOW, BUT TOTALLY SHOULD. Mister Heavenly Missed my article last week? You should thank my dad for the glass of water in my laptop that made work difficult. Happy times for all (yaaaaaay.) You’re going to get two music articles this week though, so [...]