The Crazy Dreams Band was clearly a product of the 1970s, rising and falling in a manner befitting the rock narratives and legends of the time. After coming up scrappily, playing dive bars and port towns, the executives of Big Tyme records discovered them, signing the group to an exclusive deal. They were the toast of the rock scene, touring with s ... Continue Reading

If we move, they’ll draw us smaller and smaller. Lines corresponding with distance, with the stagnancy of space and the contours of guardrails, highway-combed in peripheral sight guiding us, guide the eye geometric lines. One eye lives in anguish trying to trace; the left eye submitting to its own inferiority. Mechanical and misleading into th ... Continue Reading

There are times when I have wanted desperately to describe Bloc Party as the Oasis of indie rock—a band of upstarts whose abilities are seemingly overshadowed by the publicity surrounding them. I admit it: it’s the cynic in me. Having been propelled forward by the infamous NME hype machine in 2005, when their debut full-length Silent Alarm was name ... Continue Reading

First off, I'd like to remind you, dear reader, that there is a time and place for everything--meaning, for example, that even though I never liked Dave Matthews Band (mostly because of personal prejudice towards its fans, which is unfair), I could see really enjoying their radio-hit, "Crash", say, if civilization was burning up in fiery flames. I ... Continue Reading

Four years ago I was taken to a show on some god-awful rainy day to see a handful of bands for a cheap cover. So many people, to my surprise, showed up despite the bad weather. Friends of mine had been talking up this band fronted by some guy named Mike Apichella. They came on stage and instantaneously blew the rest of the bands out of the water. S ... Continue Reading