Soundtrack to Your Life has an exciting feature this week: I was fortunate enough to attend the Finish Ticket show last Tuesday, and it would be a crime against humanity if I don't use all of my journalistic power to rave about it. For those of you who haven't heard...
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Songs That Make People Cry & Why: Kathleen Lovito
Courtesy of Wikipedia Thank you to Kathleen for baring her soul to me and sharing so much. Two songs that make a person cry in totally different ways make me so grateful that I get to ask these questions, and people answer. This interview is exactly why I wanted to...
Darkwave dystopian disco: Essaie Pas
Courtesy of Thump Imagine if Buffy the Vampire Slayer was set in the 80s, or if Trainspotting was set in Paris. This will help set the scene for the French-Canadian minimal wave music of Essaie Pas (“don't tryÛ). Husband-wife duo Marie Davidson and Pierre...
Keeps @ Black Cat
The backstage of Black Cat is one of my favorite spots to see new music. Though I have seen some really great shows at the mainstage (Protomartyr & DIIV), it sometimes can get a bit too crowded for me. I enjoy venues that can hold a few hundred people, but then in...
Review of Benny Boeldt’s 8 of Cups
Benny Boeldt - 8 of Cups (Carpark) Frenetic electronic chip-tune After relocating from North Carolina to Baltimore and releasing three full length albums with locally based Carpark Records, Benny Beoldt decided it was time for a change. Even though he had established...
Discover Mandy Weekly III
Courtesy of Soundcloud We all have those artists on our playlists: they come in once, bring one good party song, and are quickly forgotten once you hit shuffle one too many times. These are the one hit wonders of our music collections. I think Spotify likes to mock...
Incredible Horrible Music Videos
Courtesy of 8 Bit Dad Let's talk about bad music. I'll set the scene. 7th grade. You just get home from school. You're wearing an Urban Outfitters graphic t-shirt. Your parents are still at work. You hop on the internet because what else would you do. And, while I...
Soundtrack to Your Life: Election 2016 Edition
Courtesy of Las Vegas Review Journal It's 2016, and you know what that means--it's a leap year. That's not the point of this column, but I feel the need to acknowledge it because leap years deserve love too. But I digress, this is a big year for politics as the...
The Galaxy Electric @ Songbyrd
Courtesy of Songbyrd The first act to play was a duo by the name of The Galaxy Electric. Their sound often reminded me of music by YACHT. Their music is dreamy/synth pop with a touch of psychedelic. Jacqueline, the lead vocalist, was on the Mellotron keyboard....
Narc Twain’s “Same Shit” and Contemporary American Politics and Society
It's always hard when a band puts out a record at the end of the year, with most of the music journalism outlets doing yearly retrospectives and countdowns. I believe that this is what happened to Narc Twain, the side project of Jukebox the Ghost guitarist Tommy...