Photo credit: Rusty Ralston Griffin House is one of the most honest, heartfelt, and talented singer-songwriters making music today. That’s just a fact. Needless to say, I was very excited to chat with House about his upcoming June release, The Learner, and to ask about a bunch of other stuff including, but not limited to, … Read more
She said I seem distracted and asked what’s going on with meI said I can’t explain it, it’s a middle age thingShe said ok and ate her eggs Benedict And I looked at the walls cluttered with sports bar shitSports bar shit.. Sports bar shit..Sports bar shit… We’re not even two months into 2014 and album of … Read more
Aww shit y’all, it’s Hopscotch week once again here in North Carolina, and we’re diving head first into preparations. We’ve broken in a new set of SIC-branded Vans, practiced staying up later than 10:30 pm and even nailed down the fastest routes between all venues. Bring. It. ON! We’ve also been combing over the lineup this … Read more
Jenny Lewis at Forecastle | All photos by Jason Gonulsen The final day of the 2014 Forecastle Festival was packed with some heavy hitters, including Beck, The Replacements, and Jenny Lewis. Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day jammed with Paul Westerberg and The Replacements, while Reignwolf rocked like no other all weekend. Please enjoy these … Read more
I first listened to “Carissa” on a bitterly cold and snowy day in North Carolina. I was snowed in with the wife, working from home on the couch, watching the snow blanket our normally green and sunny area with a silky-smooth coating of fresh powder. Strangely, a neighbor (I’m guessing) skied down our street for exercise I … 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
“My band played here a lot in the ’90s when we had lots of female fans, and fuck, they all were cute/ now I just sign posters for guys in tennis shoes.” The above lyric from Mark Kozelek’s newest entry to the Sun Kil Moon catalog strangely, and sadly, hit home for me after attending … Read more