Chaddigan – (((withoutsound)))

Is it a bird? Is it an (In The) Aeroplane (over the Sea)? No sir. It’s the equine-stomp marchin’ romp of Are We Not Horses? by Rock Plaza Central. Rock Plaza Central is the Toronto-based band, led by novelist/songwriter Chris Eaton. The album is a concept album about: “Robotic horses who think they are real…

Bravitzlana Rubakalva, our very own country sounds more like another dimension, a dimension of ascension into pure energy. A place where our beings “dance” in limbo between the physical and the light, and glimpses of truth are gently gazed. Mariee Sioux‘s guitar works roots down into the earth’s crust, leaving her lyrics to play in…

Man the jib, hold the course, and port the starboard (?), motor-boatin’ sunsabitchin’ Danielson just sailed into town. Br. Danielson and co., all (sea) decked out in their sailor uniforms, found themselves ship-wrecked in the intense desert heat of Phoenix. This crew’s mission: to put on a production of the excellent new album Ships. The…

The flowers are blooming, baby birdies are hatching, and the bees are buzzing. Is that love that I smell in the air? It just might be; it just might be. I definitely do smell spring in the air. It is that time again! You may not be able to depend on the weather quite yet,…

After reading Seamus’ article on Blood Feathers, I recalled my first encounter with their drummer Feather Q, aka Quentin Stoltzfus, last summer. It was at Club Congress in Tucson, where I was diligently pounding beers awaiting Rogue Wave to take the stage. But before that would occur, I would have to be subjected to an…

Coincidentally perpetuating the current male/female duo theme, I have been currently listening to a good-sized dosage of Brightblack Morning Light. Brightblack consists of Nathan Shineywater and Rachel Hughes, childhood best friends who grew up in Alabama, and drummer Noah Wilson, whom they met upon moving to Humboldt. I am a late comer of sorts to…