(Editor’s note:  That’s a picture of Phillip IV, an actual king of Spain.  I am aware that the song I’m posting today is an extended metaphor and not a legitimate wish from The Tallest Man on Earth to be the actual monarch of an Iberian nation.  However, it is a rare occasion that I can [...]

Here in Cleveland, the sometimes vaguely accurate weather gods we call meteorologists are calling for a foot or so of snow to dump on us over the next day. Hardly of epic proportions, but a pain in the ass nonetheless. In the very least, cause enough to void the social calendar (and work, if one [...]

No disrespect to the month of December, but I’m getting super excited for January. You, me, and the creepy dude down the street are in for an ass-load of solid indie rock releases the first month of 2010, and Citay’s forthcoming Dream Get Together is the latest addition to my “albums to look forward to [...]

On Wednesday night, Megafaun and Bowerbirds rolled through Cleveland, and in the fashion of reciprocal need, we got the chance to hang with the band and had a killer party at my house on the southside of town.  By the end of the night, about nine people were crashing all over my house, and if [...]

As James mentioned yesterday, our rising age was put to the test this weekend during  a road trip back to our alma mater.  I remember wobbling back and forth trying to text James to get back to the bar and hail a cab because I was clearly done for the night.  This was, embarrassingly, at [...]

July 7 is going to be a good day for music lovers.  On that date, Dead Oceans will release the second record from Raleigh-based trio, Bowerbirds.  2008’s Hymns for a Dark Horse gets a lot of spins from us when we’re in the mood for lush, melodic folkiness with a twinge of both modest despair [...]

Akron/Family’s fourth full length album, Set ‘Em Wild, Set ‘Em Free,  closes with “Last Year.”  It’s by far the shortest song on the record and consists solely of a warm piano line behind a soaring multiple part harmony that repeats the lyric,”Last year was a hard year, for such a long time.  This year’s gonna [...]

This weekend was good to me musically.  I decided it was about time I launched back into the vinyl arena after long abandoning it for the ease of digital downloads.  It’s not that I haven’t always loved the warm sound vinyl gives off, but as a broke ass college student, well, you know the drill. [...]