Otis Redding, "Love Have Mercy" Man, Otis was really a force of nature. The Presidents of the United States of America, "Froggie" This insistent fever dream of a tune is an excellent example of why the Presidents were so much fun. It keeps barreling forward...
Palmistry, "In The Mountains..." A mystery here. This is from a release just labeled Demo, and it doesn't appear to be from Bandcamp. It's from 2017 according to the metadata (and Metal Archives), but I don't know where else I would have gotten it other...
H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society, "If I Were A Deep One" The arc popularity of Lovecraft's writing has been kind of an interesting one to watch. When I was a kid, Lovecraft was largely unknown outside of only a handful of turbo nerds. Call of...
Feels like this month is dragging for these entries. Usually I can bang these things out without too much trouble (and you can tell the effort I put into them!), but it seems like it's just painful so far this year. Alas. Well, once more...
I never write checks, so this blog is the only thing that I write the wrong year on after the calendar filps over. Marvin Gaye, "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" A stone-cold classic. Polyrhythmics, "Cosimo" A lovely EP from 2020, Fondue Party continues a...
