The Troumatics Blast Off
Over the past few years, Stephen Troum decided that writing songs and playing out more were what he wanted to do. He joined local...
Nights Enter the Grackle
After a nearly 50-year career, Dennis González has turned his attention toward cataloging his 70 past exhibits that have spanned the globe and his...
Ready to Cancel Spotify?
One funny thing I noticed when I googled “Neil Young” this week: The Spotify icon is still the first choice in the results page’s...
Ozone
I don’t know what the best metaphor for Ozone’s 2020 genesis is. A forest fire clearing away the old growth so new trees can...
Hurry Up and Wait
For working musicians, a canceled gig is rarely a good thing, and Grady Spencer’s view on them is no exception. When I sat down...
Trying to Ride Out the Storm
We cannot wait until the day comes when we can write about something without having to acknowledge the context of the pandemic’s unprecedented effects...
A Most Efficient EP
Although it’s a certainty that some brownline-framed-glasses-sporting internet-bullying parvenu — armed with an underground music XP dwarfing that of the average mortal local music...
Shows of the Year
There’s no telling what the answer might have been when posed to the public writ large (getting pedicures?), but to us as insular, daylight-fearing...
Records of the Year
It goes without saying that, so far, the “roaring” in this century’s version of the Roaring ’20s seems to be in reference to the...
Trauma Ray of Hope
I think it was in June or July when Trauma Ray frontman Uriel Avila and his girlfriend dropped by the Boiled Owl Tavern for...
