The Lacking Permanence

Andy Bell invites you to join him on an interstellar-slash-transcranial groove expedition.

Des Demonas and their angry political organ grind are my new obsession.

Absorbing the dubbiest elements of the classic Manchester grooves of the late '80s, this Welsh musician makes the timespan contained within feel like the blink of an eye, even with an 8+ minute banger in 7/4 in the middle of it all.

The weather is rushing up on us, and this mercurial ambiance fits tonight’s opening cover from Yo La Tengo, as they take a blistering Ramones classic and turn it into a bit of beach blanket bingo. Respect was paid later in the show with the original “Rockaway Beach,” which sure sounds like a fun place.

The year 1991 was when we heard the echoes of Loveless as the recorded work of the many bands it inspired hit the shelves in a shimmering gauzy implacable tsunami of guitar wails, only to be crushed by the mud-encrusted tank treads of grunge.

Does this Fat Freddy have anything to do with Shelton's Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers? Intentional or not, these compositions mixing reggae, funk, soul, dub, and other cannabis-friendly genres are a good way to spend an unproductive afternoon.

Languages are so different and alike from each other, and nowhere is this more evident than on this website which explores how each language standardizes the sound an animal makes, from the fairly agreed-upon "meow" to the hotly-disputed "oink."

Don’t let the name fool you, Lord Nap is awake 27 hours a day and making music on 25 of those.

The name implies something ponderous, onerous, heavy, and while you can find some flashes of that in here, it's more of a showcase for the kind of indie rock that shines brightly with male-female harmonies and sentiments that will twist your guts.