Pinegrove, "Darkness (acoustic)" After a very good and well-received second album (Cardinal), Pinegrove ran into some serious problems that derailed the band after accusations surfaced about Evan Hall. It was a messy situation that Hall and the band tried to handle head-on, eventually going through...
Pinkwash, "No Real Witness" I feel like every time Pinkwash comes up, I say something equivalent to "hey, this is neat, I keep forgetting about this!" I wish I could say that I'd grown past that, but no, I do still keep forgetting about this....
Hepcat, "The Secret" The first Hepcat record found the band hitting their first-wave ska sounds right out of the gate. They'd keep moving in this direction with later records, growing more assured as they went, and creating lusher arrangements. But all that said, every one...
fIREHOSE, "Sometimes" I know I bang on the drum every time fIREHOSE comes up, but I don't care: it's such a shame that people didn't seem to give them a fair shake after the Minutemen. This is such a good tune! This album is really...
I'm not entirely sold on this new version of Ghost Blog that I've installed. I feel like the editor is worse. Oh well. Music here! Doreen's Jazz New Orleans, "12th Street Rag" My oldest daughter started learning the clarinet in school last year, so I...
