Like any shit-kicking dickhead from the Lone Star State, I’ve been known to take some small pride in the fact that, whatever the state’s numerous deficiencies may be, Texas is, and always shall be, “Bigger Than France.” For those of you who don’t already know, this slogan is emblazoned on bumper stickers and t-shirts, which […]
Florida Water Blues by Twisted Teens
Some years ago, my shithead friends and I came up with a pejorative for a certain kind of top-hat-wearing, scat-talking, cemetery-lingering, accordion-playing raconteurs who are often found busking on street corners, singing songs about train hoppers, bayou ghosts, or whatever knock off voodoo magic pops into their skulls or that they managed to crib from […]
Not That Tree EP by Yard Work
It’s almost impossible to write about a band like Austin, Texas’s Yard Work without mentioning each member’s previous groups. Still, for the sake of focusing on the task at hand, I’m going to use a phrase popular with your MAHA-obsessed uncle or crypto bro coworker and urge you to Do Your Own Research. After all, […]
Sally By Holsman
When approaching a new record, nothing fills me with dread quite like the phrase “concept album.” This generally self-indulgent sub-genre brings to mind such sonic disasters as Kiss’s Music from “The Elder” (which, if VH1’s “Behind the Music”is to be believed, so disgusted guitarist Ace Frehley that, upon hearing the record, he destroyed his advance […]