Once in a Blue Moon is Toronto alternative artist Robert Nix’s fifth full-length album. He describes it as “appealing to the ‘intelligent alternative music fan,’” but in the end I was not intelligent enough for it. The psychedelic feel changes proved too abrupt and I just couldn’t get into the groove. That probably wouldn’t bother… Continue reading Album Review: Robert Nix’s Once in a Blue Moon
Author: Jessie May
Allagash Black Beef Stew With Kale
Adapted from Trisha Yearwood’s Slow-Cooker Stout Beef Stew This hearty beef and stout stew is perfect for St. Patrick’s Day… Or any other day that the temperature is below 65 degrees. Some might consider cooking with Allagash a waste of fancy beer. Not so! My Grandma Fran always said never to cook with wine… Continue reading Allagash Black Beef Stew With Kale
Album Review: Them Damn Hamiltons’ Smoke From the Well
Can music sound like bare feet on a mossy path or waves up against a dock? With their new album Smoke From the Well, Connecticut folkies Them Damn Hamiltons will have you feeling the damp and smelling the salt. TDH has a modern take on folk music, but they never lose the threads of storytelling… Continue reading Album Review: Them Damn Hamiltons’ Smoke From the Well
Split Review: Black Tusk’s Pillars of Ash and Savagist’s Invisible Birth of Death
What unites Pillars of Ash and Invisible Birth of Death? One is straight-ahead, the other a more varied metal palette. One band is little-known on a small label, the other Relapse road warriors. But both bands are from Georgia, they’ve shared the stage, and coincidentally their promos appeared in my email inbox around the same… Continue reading Split Review: Black Tusk’s Pillars of Ash and Savagist’s Invisible Birth of Death
Squeezing Out the Little Guy: How HR-1733 is Hurting Small Webcasters and What You Can Do to Help
It doesn’t take a Pulitzer winner to see that media has changed since the advent of the internet. Publication mediums have shifted, advertising has increased on free services, and “click-bait” often rules over well-crafted or thoroughly vetted content. On the positive side, the internet has allowed media companies to innovate how they deliver content to… Continue reading Squeezing Out the Little Guy: How HR-1733 is Hurting Small Webcasters and What You Can Do to Help
Who Is The Brain Room?
About six months ago, Jimmy Junk Bird and the Stiffs played an all-day fest at The Outer Space, where we met a groovy band called Quantum Funk. We got to talking with QF’s drummer Todd Ellison, which eventually lead to booking a show with his other band, The Brain Room — and that show is… Continue reading Who Is The Brain Room?
Album Review: Tengger Cavalry’s Blood Sacrifice Shaman
Deserved or not, folk metal has a less-than-serious reputation — a genre that calls to mind horns of mead and drunk guys do-si-do-ing in the Ensiferum pit. But Tengger Cavalry, based in Mongolian folk music, eschews the ironic joviality of some of its European cousins. Featuring throat singing and traditional string instruments along with drums,… Continue reading Album Review: Tengger Cavalry’s Blood Sacrifice Shaman