Indie DYI the way it was meant to be heard. Rough around the edges, lots of tape hiss, but catchy and enjoyable. Eddie’s voice has an interesting bit of soul in it that makes it distinct (but not in an … Continued
I’m having a hard time trying to figure out how to describe the genre of this EP. Try to imagine Bill Mallonee with louder guitars, and that gets a bit close to Lost Orchards. Or I guess you could say … Continued
Basement Tapes head honcho, deep thinker, and all around nice guy Mike Indest returns with a new EP of acoustic pop ditties. With provocative titles like “I’ll Be Your Jesus” and “You Think You’re Pretty Now”, you know you are … Continued
Sammy Horner of Electrics fame explains the album in his liner notes as such: “Things were bad…Johnny Cash had died and I was in a bad place…me and old Jimmy D were suffering from something dark and mean…we got holed … Continued
So what do you get from a band that lists everyone from Black Sabbath to Smashing Pumpkins to Keith Green as influences? Guitar-based noisy alternative rock that is just enough 90s to be retro cool while also being enough modern … Continued
Hadn’t listened to the Insyderz since 1998’s Fight For Your Life LP. I didn’t bother to check out the two worship albums they released, may have been due to over saturation of Skacore at the time, or maybe with my … Continued
Secret Archives of the Vatican has been around for a long time. Like, “since the 80s” long time. They are a bit outside of the normal type of music covered here at DTL. SAotV specialize in electronic music mixed with … Continued
Former W’s front man Andrew Schar formed this combo with former W’s touring drummer Courtney Stubbort after the dissolution of the aforementioned band. The two are joined by Courtney’s brothers to form a very interesting combo. Hard to pin down … Continued
I can see the movie trailer for the documentary in 20 years: “In a world… where musical talent actually mattered… bands like Dime Store Zombies would have ruled the charts…” So, the story goes that zombies ate SLIDE and they … Continued
So it turns out all of those whispers and rumors about Veil of Ashes that have persisted for years and years are really true. For the faithful that have waited for the truth to be reveled for a few decades, … Continued