Rench’s Gangstagrass
Gangstagrass – PainGangstagrass – Pistol Packin Brooklyn-based musician, Rench, flirts with magic. I purchased his first album from Aime St. more than a year ago. After recently hearing one of those tracks on the TV, I checked up on his website. And so I found Gangstagrass. Gangstagrass has been my bubblegum for the last month. [...]
The First CD I Ever Heard
R.E.M. – Pop Song 89 Editor’s Note: This started out as a post for Star Maker Machine but I misread the prompt and wrote about my first CD listening experience instead of a first music purchase. Instead of tossing the post, I’m throwing it here. A more traditional post is in the works. Strewn across [...]
Jane Vain – Love Is Where The Smoke Is
Jane Vain – C’mon Baby Say Bang BangJane Vain – We Must Destroy Jane Vain and the Dark Matter live within the lines. The songs (or at least the ones I’ve counted off) are built in four-measure phrases of four-four time.[1] The down beats are so heavily emphasized that they almost count twice. Jamie Fooks [...]