Remote Outposts

   Sometimes, I put on tapes like this, thinking "I'm not sure if I'm really into this" and then find later that I just...

  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 ...

Today's post is brought to you by Jacob Khepler    It's common for a band to make a "tour release"- a limited object...

    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...

     Ever since I was a kid, I've always loved the sound of AM radio, lo-fi recordings and the way that music sounds over the phone...

   "Everything Went Pink" is a tape that was released by  Dan B  back in 2000 that specifically covered the DIY punk scene in A...

   Sometimes, thinking about the amount of weird shit that  Trd Wrd Records  has put out is just mind-boggling. When I was traveling to (...

   As I'm sure I've said before, IMPRACTICAL COCKPIT is one of my favorite bands. Years back, they were getting ready to go on a t...

   I ride a bike almost daily in the city of San Francisco and most of the time, it feels like I have to be on my guard as soon as I mount...

Dan and Olai in Maine. Photo by Amy Moon.    I've known Dan for at least 12 years now and it seems like he's gotten more insp...

   Many of the sounds I put on here are harsh, abrasive, fucked up, angry and defiant...because I like that kind of music. I also like so...

   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 ...

   This tape was compiled by Dan B (of  IMPRACTICAL COCKPIT  and  VILLAGE OF SPACES ) to showcase some of his and friends' bands who pla...

   I think this group consists of weirdos from  IxPxCxPx  and  COUNTY Z , but I'm not really sure. That part is fairly unimportant. The ...

    Much like 2/3's of this band's former project,  SWORD OF THE ANCIENT , I'm at a loss for words when it comes to describing...

   When SWORD OF THE ANCIENT was a band, I could not describe their sound to anyone and the present day still finds me at a loss for word...

       When this tape came out back in 2002, it was glued to the inside of any tape deck in my vicinity for a solid year (and is still on...

   I have previously sang my praises about this band, so I will spare you the excess typing this time. This tape adds a second guitarist ...

   UKE OF PHILLIPS and ETWAN SHERLEW are brothers Dan and Matt Beckman (among many friends) and both play acoustic/electric music that seems...

   This IPCP LP from 2002 is right up there with my favorite albums of all time. It's blown out, anxious, energetic, inspiring and as ...