Spin of the Week: Thee Oh Sees

Thee Oh Sees ‰ÛÒ Carrion Crawler/The Dream A combination of two separate EP‰’s, this latest release from John Dwyer‰’s Thee Oh Sees is a relentless, no-frills collection of garage rock stompers, as opposed to the psych-pop tunes showcased on their earlier...

CMJ 2011: A Place To Bury Strangers @ Union Pool

CMJ‰’s schedule is full of tiny bands playing half a dozen shows each in an effort to get noticed by college radio stations and blogs and to interface with promotional companies. However cool these bands may try to appear (and I watched two separate bass players...

Midwest Musings: Cloud Cult

Writing about Cloud Cult is hard. Listening to Cloud Cult is easy – with mellow percussion and violin melodies, the music feels like something your ears don‰’t just want but desperately need to hear. But thinking too long or too deeply about Cloud Cult is...