All You Can Eat // 30-yr-old-father-of-two’s fantastic voyage into sex-rap land
June 28, 2012“If I couldn’t see people’s reactions to this stuff, it wouldn’t be half as fun to make,” says Brandon Wiard. Reviewing Wiard’s resume, one would be understandably flabbergasted (and blushing a bit) to hear his latest production—a zinging, expansive double album that’s an errant, erotic, and yet, impressively eclectic odyssey into rap and r&b jams, a.k.a. BUFFAY.
Easily, Seamlessly, Joyously: Swimsuit’s various musical pursuits; new album
June 6, 2012Amber Fellows talks about “the magic of Swimsuit.” Somehow, the Ypsi quartet always seems to come up with the workings for a good song “as soon as we get together.” This is marvelous, but it’s also impressive, considering the extent of each member’s busy-ness with other musical projects. Guitarist/singer Dina Bankole balances two other bands:
Fan funded
June 5, 2012Who needs major labels? …Yes, the empowering DIY call rang out, thus liberating and inspiring working class passionates everywhere.
The stirring sonic spring of Greg McIntosh
May 29, 2012“My work with Jim (Roll) is clangy and spacious,” said singer/songwriter Gregory McIntosh.
Our own fests
May 25, 2012Don’t get me wrong — I love local music. I’m all about it. I know, all too well, that I needn’t hem and haw, all anxious and longingly, over the fact that Festivals, audaciously gargantuan festivals, indeed, requiring that capital F, are happening more than a thousand miles away…
Timothy Monger forges new sounds, new “classics” on New Britton Sounds
May 24, 2012Timothy Monger would never make an overtly dark album, would he?