The Vandoliers are a country-punk band from Texas. They first showed up on my radar after I read about them playing a gig in Tennessee in dresses to protest the states dumb-as-hell anti-drag law. Then they auctioned the dresses to … Continue reading Bless the March 11th Day Thread’s Drunken Heart
Here’s my favorite tune by Courtney Barnett. Continue reading The March 9th Night Thread Must Be Having So Much Fun
Zola Jesus is pretty dang good. Continue reading The February 27th Night Thread is lost
Here’s Alberta’s native son, Corb Lund, singing a country tribute to Goth girls across this great land. Continue reading The February 26th Night Thread is gonna lose these country boy blues…
Los *mumble mumble*s is a cumbia-influenced, London-based band. Their debut album, Let The Festivities Begin, came out last February. Continue reading The January 30th Pista night thread
The Muffs, led by the late, great Kim Shattuck, are one of those ’90s bands I didn’t catch the first time around. Continue reading The January 30th Sad Tomorrow Day Thread
Huh, don’t think I’ve done a Fugazi OT yet. Continue reading The January 16th Night Thread, it keeps us in line
Seriously, go listen to Sierra Ferrell. Continue reading The January 16th Day Thread is a salty, magic place
One by the late great Roky Erickson. Continue reading The January 4th Day Thread is howling the sound
There’s far too little Bluegrass on this site. Continue reading The January 3rd Night Thread was born on a rocky island
Ichiko Aoba is a Japanese folk singer-songwriter who makes real good, super chill music. Continue reading The January 2nd Sagu Palm Day Thread
Back in my wild youth I was perusing an antique store in Appalachian North Carolina, as I like to do; when I spotted a Sun Records 45rpm single of “Guess Things Happen That Way” by Johnny Cash. Being a huge … Continue reading The December 14th Night Thread is a lesser known hit by the Man in Black
X-Ray Spex threads will continue until morale improves. Continue reading The November 4th Day Thread is the crisis, can’t you see?
“Adieu” is a dope song from Rammstein’s 2022 album Zeit. Continue reading The October 18th Night Thread bids you Adieu
Last year I read Between Two Fires a 2012 horror novel by Christopher Buehlman. Set in 14th Century France during the height of the Black Death (the title refers to Pope Clement VI, whose papal throne was surrounded by burning … Continue reading The October 18th Between Two Fires Day Thread
One of the flat-out best games I’ve ever played is 2019’s Disco Elysium. There’s never been anything like this leftist/dystopia/sci-fi detective RPG and there probably never will again and I urge everyone who can play it to do so. On … Continue reading The October 14th Night Thread is as dead as Disco
One of my favorite small time X-Men characters is Iara Dos Santos. Debuting in Wolverine and the X-Men #20, Iara is a native of Recife, Brazil who’s mutant power is that she can turn into a shark humanoid. They call … Continue reading The October 1st Iara Dos Santos Day Thread
Townes Van Zandt (1944-1997) was born into the closest thing to royalty in Texas. The son of a wealthy lawyer and the descendant of the Republic of Texas politician Issac Van Zandt (namesake of Van Zandt County), Townes was expected … Continue reading The September 30th Townes Van Zandt Night Thread
