The Lacking Permanence

Smart guitar pop never goes out of style, and sharp lyrics make it all the better.

Dark and bombastic, this is full of dragged-out ballads and dramatic pauses for moody rainy evenings

This is the HALLOWEEN 2018 mixtape, seventeen carefully curated bits and pieces of spine-tingling scary and thematic. Yes, there was some Ministry. And some Throbbing Gristle, and others

A good show, with plenty of lively commentary from the listeners over the internets. Hat tip to Generoso and Lily, listening somewhere on the East Coast, for reminding me of the rare provenance of the Fishbone track, and for Robin for sticking it out into the wee hours in Atlanta.

Sparse and haunting, this minimal acoustic approach works well with Gibson’s unique fairy vocals.

Fast and furious punk blasts that are over by the time you catch up with the hook, keeping true to the Ramones’ quarter-mile aesthetic

Great set of non-stop rocking from this one-man-band which turned into a full-blown outfit.

Very carefully constructed selection of cavernous compositions studded with a grandiose feel, fine detail, and moody lyrics.

A modern amalgam of fuzz, psychedelia, baroque pop, and over-the-top production, filled with hooks baited with earworms.

It was a quiet night. Somehow, three songs with states in the title ended up in the second hour, so I bumped them all to the top for a mini-tour.