A few weeks ago, I swooned over the Cotton Jones Pajammy Jam of the Day, “Somehow to Keep It Going.” The track gave me “relentless chills,” and I. fell. in. love. Now the duo has put together a 10 to Spin playlist for us, offering up its favorite artists for a much-needed, Cotton Jones-scheduled, mental … Read more
Brandon Flowers at LouFest | Photo by Jason Gonulsen And so long to devotion You taught me everything I know Wave goodbye Wish me well You got to let me go When I was in high school, I thought I would play soccer for a living. In fact, I was quite sure of it, for … Read more
Dude is tall. | Photo by Julia Mard The summer concert wheels are-a-turnin’, and what do you know, Kristian Matsson, aka, The Tallest Man On Earth, is finally making his St. Louis debut. It’s going down at The Pageant on Wednesday, June 5th, and Strand of Oaks will open the show. Here’s our favorite track … Read more
All photos by Louis Kwok Solo performers aren’t really the rage in these days of ADD, Instagram, Twitter, and general instant gratification. Sweden’s Kristian Matsson, aka The Tallest Man on Earth, is an interesting case, though. If charm means anything when it comes to performing, and I think it does, we have a winner here. … Read more
Having given us “Shut In” just last week, and the excellent, J Mascis-fueled “Goshen ’97“before that, Strand of Oak’s Heal is shaping up to be album of the year material. On “JM” Timothy Showalter pays tribute to the late Jason Molina (a.k.a. Songs: Ohia) with seven and a half minutes of brooding fuzz rock catharsis. The … Read more
It’s time to get sad. Well, you don’t really have to get sad. There is hope here, just take the album cover shown above for Damien Rice’s My Favourite Faded Fantasy (what a sad bastard title that is!). The poor chaps at the top have “made it,” although they have nowhere to go. I’d like … Read more