Monthly Archive: June 2016

Bad Sports

If you’re into the punk scene in Austin and/or Denton, then you probably already know that Bad Sports is an all-star group of sorts.  Guitarist/vocalist Orville Neeley can usually be found fronting the always rad...

The Tallest Man On Earth

While clearing out my inbox on Saturday I noticed I had a new – seemingly one-off – tune from The Tallest Man On Earth (aka Kristian Matsson).  The song is pretty stripped down (it was...

Movie Breakdown: Finding Dory

Pre-Screening Stance: Finding Nemo is a fantastic film, a total classic with great characters and a wonderful story.  Can’t say I’ve ever wanted a sequel though, especially one that’s based around Dory.  I mean, she’s...

The Lovely Sparrows

My longtime pal Shawn Jones has finally (and when I say finally, I mean FINALLY) reignited things with The Lovely Sparrows, and I’m oh-so-excited about it.  Believe or not, but myself, SOTO and The Lovely...

Show Of The Week

This week it’s difficult to not be all about the Solstice Festival.  On Friday there are club shows (or parties, if you prefer that word) all over town with the likes of Magna Carda, Big...

Doomtree

Minneapolis’ Doomtree dropped a new track yesterday.  I was hoping it meant that a follow-up of some sort to last year’s super excellent All Hands was on the way, but it appears to be a...

Preoccupations

In case you missed it, Viet Cong are now known as the Chad VanGaalen-suggested Preoccupations.  This is a good thing, as the world wasn’t exactly accepting of the band’s original name, and now everyone can...

MNYNMS (Remix Premiere)

Houston’s very own MNYNMS (pronounced Many Names) are on the verge of releasing two EPs.  Rite Of Passage is one, and it’s all originals, and the other is made up of remixes of Oracle, which...