Remote Outposts

   Sometimes, the tape is just there and you have no information. You listen to the tape over and over and over, but still wonder if the ...

    Recently, a personal mission landed me in Minneapolis for a few days and I arrived with high hopes and too many plans. As someone who...

Today's post is brought to you by  Erik Ruin , who previously contributed a  top ten list  to the blog a few years ago. I think this...

   If you're familiar with this blog, you're probably familiar with COUNTY Z, because I've  given  you  plenty  of  opportuni...

   JOSE BOVE came to the small Midwestern college town that I found myself in and aurally destroyed an art gallery...or so I thought. The...

  Since the previous entry  was so sprawling and featured 100 songs, I decided to keep this one short and sweet. These two bands are two ...

    Yesterday, I was hanging out with my friend Ryan in his studio while he showed me all of the new, huge paintings and installations he...

    Last night, I was on the train blasting this tape into my earholes as I tried to tune out the rest of the world, so it (the world) wo...

   I wish that US DIY musicians had access to a magical free recording studio where they could take in their crappy, duct taped instrumen...

   I posted a tape by BLOODWALL back on Christmas  when I was in a really, really bad mood. I feel better now and BLOODWALL still sounds ...

   Minneapolis is really different from a lot of other places in the US. Today, their current temperature is 1 degree F. Tonight, it'...

   I had a pretty light-hearted, fun tape lined up for today, but then I thought "fuck it". Fuck your stupid holiday. You see, ...

   A few years ago, I got into a...errr....heated discussion with an acquaintance of mine about touring. He was convinced that bands shou...

   Today, there will be no fanfare, art or long-winded stories of all the fun you missed (or caused). I'm very happy and honored to brin...

   Before B ARTHUR, there was RAG RAGE. RAG RAGE lived in Columbus, OH and once featured a bass player who's mohawk was so tall that s...

   LOOK, IT'S MUSIC!! I know I have been pummeling you all with top ten lists , but as I stated before, I like lists a lot and there...

   At some point during my time living in Bloomington, I remember going to many punk shows only to walk out after watching 5 minutes of so...

   I don't have very much information on this short-lived band, even though these people are all good friends. Shortly after I moved ...

   You know how you watch a band sometimes and the members look really intense and scary in this way that makes you not really want to tal...

   I was already a big fan of COUNTY Z's  first tape  when this LP came out, but I was not prepared for how this record would impact my ...