Listening Lately: Benjamin Tod’s A Heart of Gold is Hard to Find

Benjamin Tod, the youthful but hardscrabble co-founder of the Lost Dog Street Band, is releasing his second solo album on November 22nd via Anti-Corporate Music.  The  quiet Americana ballads on A Heart of Gold is Hard to Find, just vocals and acoustic guitar, are full of regret, melancholy, and at times self-loathing. His lyrics have… Continue reading Listening Lately: Benjamin Tod’s A Heart of Gold is Hard to Find

Listening Lately: Cult of Sorrow, Markov Soroka, and Matt Heckler

This week’s edition of Listening Lately is ALL over the place… Opening with audio of a Satanic ritual is one way to make a statement — and that’s how the first track of Cult of Sorrow’s new album  begins, with some kind of movie sample blasting into high-octane trad metal riffage.  The Ohio band is… Continue reading Listening Lately: Cult of Sorrow, Markov Soroka, and Matt Heckler