November, 2010
Acquired Taste Booking
By MaryAnn Bayer
Living in Upstate NY for three years now has been kind of a sad state of affairs for live music, especially of the independent or local variety. It seems like whenever I attend a show around my neck of the woods(Saratoga Springs), I have my choice of bars featuring some lame classic rock [...]
Slim Cessna’s Auto Club
By MaryAnn Bayer
A bands live show is important. Is there really anything worse than paying your hard earned money to watch a bunch of unenthused, lethargic, poorly dressed, jabronies labor through their set like there is nothing LESS they’d like to do than entertain their audience? I appreciate showmanship. I appreciate that art of entertaining [...]
October, 2010
Ghoul Poon
By MaryAnn Bayer
First things first, Ghoul Poon is not a band. Ghoul Poon is a mondo-bizarro cabal hell-bent on freaking you the fuck out. Coming from some Upstate NY town where one can easily dispose of an unwanted corpse, Ghoul Poon is industrial/psych like pre-lollapalooza Butthole Surfers with a visual presentation that leaves me feeling [...]
Christian Mistress
By MaryAnn Bayer
I miss the olden days, pre-interweb, when a music fan had to put in some legwork in order to get ‘into’ a band. Something about all this readily available information, photos, and streaming music just ruins learning about new, cool, bands for me. Allow me to have a senior moment, I remember having [...]
September, 2010
Torche
By MaryAnn Bayer
So, I cannot pull away from Torche “Songs for Singles” on the always quality laden Hydra Head Records. It’s right up my alley and really anyone else with good taste should check it out. The record just sounds triumphant, metallic, and huge and makes me stand up when I’m listening to it. It’s [...]
