Halfway home, everybody! Here are my favorite albums, so far, this year: 1. Moving Mountains – Waves “Waves” does something that I didn’t think was possible: It combines the luscious atmospherics of a post-rock record with soaring vocals. Not an easy feat, making for a remarkable album. 2. Mogwai – Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will Proving that some things only get better as they get older, Mogwai return with yet another album to write home about. 3. Touché […]
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Blerd Radio Episode 7: Solstice Edition
Welcome to the lucky seventh episode of Blerd Radio, in which the special guest floodgates open. The episode starts as per usual-with Mike and Jesse talking about…death. We tribute Clarence Clemons and (somewhat less so) “Jackass”‘s Ryan Dunn. Then, we jump into this week’s new releases-a little (well, a lot) of metal for Jesse, a little Jill Scott and Liam Finn for Mike. We are intermittently joined by Regina A.K.A. Mrs. Jesse (she has finally decided to lift her veil […]
Who the Hell Are…Harbor Lights?
Aside from being the name of a pretty awesome Boz Scaggs song, Harbor Lights is also the name of a cool post-rock band from Boston. The music is mostly instrumental, but it’s quite atmospheric and also pretty intense. I got the chance to catch them live a couple of weeks ago at T.T. the Bear’s…well, not only did I catch them live, but I got to meet the band (fairly easy, since one of the members, Andrew, made his debut on the […]