School is about to start again and parents are scrambling to get their kids all gussied up for the new year. New clothes, new supplies and new haircuts. But when I look back to some of the hairstyles that parents thought were acceptable when we were growing up, I [...]
INTRODUCING YOU TO BANDS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW, BUT TOTALLY SHOULD. The Bullseyes The Bullseyes are one of the catchier rock bands I’ve heard in a long time and I’m glad I recently discovered them. Hailing from Warsaw, this duo’s guitar driven indie rock sounds like it comes straight out [...]
INTRODUCING YOU TO BANDS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW, BUT TOTALLY SHOULD. Den svenska björnstammen I know what you've been thinking. "I don't have nearly enough Swedish techno-pop in my life." Well amigo/ amigas, I'm here to change that for you today with one of the best bands to fit that very [...]
Can 10 trillion percent humidity be a thing? I wouldn’t have thought it could be... until I moved to Austin, Texas - the city with a dozen nicknames. For a certain segment of the summer months here, Austin might as well be Atlantis. It’s like living under warm water, but [...]
INTRODUCING YOU TO BANDS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW, BUT TOTALLY SHOULD. Birdie Busch Last week, while writing about Simple Kid, I posted one song that had a collaboration with Birdie Busch who I hadn’t heard of before. Turns out she’s pretty friggin amazing. Her genre blending music has a base in [...]
Life of Dad Community Update 7/06/18 All The Gloriousness You Missed This Week On Life of Dad And probably some of the stuff you didn't miss. More than likely some stuff you intentionally missed. We know we’re late for this, but Happy Canada Day to all of our Canadian [...]
INTRODUCING YOU TO BANDS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW, BUT TOTALLY SHOULD. Simple Kid Simple Kid is what happens when T-Rex has a threesome with Spoon and Lemon Jelly, and it’s wonderful. His eclectic music draws easy comparisons to Beck incorporating seamless blends of alt country and pop with rock and [...]
Fads. They come, and they go. Some are flash in the pan nonsense with no real staying power. Others last long enough to become the inexorable torment of educators and parents alike. The greatest of fads never go away and can find themselves amongst the defining hallmarks of [...]
INTRODUCING YOU TO BANDS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW, BUT TOTALLY SHOULD. The Dollyrots Pop punk can be hard to get right and few bands do. Most come off as punk-lite which at best is a tepid bowl of meh, or they are screamy / whiny pop which is just plain [...]
INTRODUCING YOU TO BANDS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW, BUT TOTALLY SHOULD. The Hot Sardines I cannot imagine a name less appealing for a band that is absolutely fantastic. I don’t know, maybe if they added “moist” or “phlegm” to it. The Hot Sardines construct some fantastic jazz that could easily [...]
