Author: Matthew Keener

Posted on: November 5, 2018 Posted by: Matthew Keener Comments: 1

The Cold Stares release Mountain LP

If we were to define The Cold Stares’ new album Mountain purely by its lush lyrical content, to describe it as anything other than a cryptic dreamscape that presses all of the psych-tinged bluesy cues hinted at in Head Bent into full blown experimentalism simply wouldn’t be accurate. Mountain is a gorgeous realization of singer and guitarist Chris Tapp and drummer Brian Mullins’ original audiological blueprint in high definition sound, still fitted with a razor sharp…

Posted on: October 24, 2018 Posted by: Matthew Keener Comments: 0

Jerad Finck releases New Kids SEAWAVES Remix

If you’d asked me whether or not I knew who Jared Finck was just a little over a week ago, I would have had to tell you that I had never heard of him or his truly profound musical catalogue. But recently I came into contact with “New Kids (SEAWAVES remix)” while exploring for new music, and I couldn’t help but be taken by the charmingly relevant nature of both the lyrics and…

Posted on: October 9, 2018 Posted by: Matthew Keener Comments: 0

Kanisha K – Talk is Cheap

This is a great “I’ve had it with you” song, maybe the best in a long time. Kanisha K is frequently classified as country music, but there’s a tangible rock and roll spirit beating inside of the song as well. The instrumental elements running through the song like banjo point the way towards a history steeped in such sounds, but the lead guitar work recalls blues rock and hits the…

Posted on: October 8, 2018 Posted by: Matthew Keener Comments: 1

Elsewhere Band release EP

2018 has been the year of rock n’ roll revivalism, and no one has been taking charge of the movement to bring chest-pumping rhythm back to the forefront of pop music than Elsewhere. Elsewhere are a band based out of New England and originally started back in the 90’s, but their sound is about as far from grunge and proto-alternative rock as Boston is from Seattle. Their latest EP, Multi-Man, is…

Posted on: September 22, 2018 Posted by: Matthew Keener Comments: 1

Spayed Koolie releases LP

If you’re one of the many country fans who has been disappointed in what you’ve heard coming out of the south in the last few years, Spayed Koolie might have made the album that you’ve been waiting for in Ashtray Change. Fitted with 11 of the most stylishly original country rock songs you’ll hear this side of the 21st century, Ashtray Change is a record that comes as a result of years of angst…

Posted on: September 7, 2018 Posted by: Matthew Keener Comments: 0

Vinyl Floor release Apogee LP

Out of the same fire and brimstone that once gave birth to music’s most spirited performers and composers comes Apogee, a rock album that deserves to be listened to by anyone who considers themselves to be a pop aficionado or just a fan of bold music in general. Vinyl Floor, the band behind Apogee, have been making noise in the European underground for a number of years now, but in…

Posted on: July 10, 2018 Posted by: Matthew Keener Comments: 0

Lauria – “Losing Me”

I had a really eye opening experience recently, and it was at the last place where I would ever expect to learn something new about my job, and really, myself. I was in an antique store, and for the first time in my entire life of shopping in antiques stores on the west coast, I didn’t see a single record player. Not one. No vinyl either. This surprised me, as…

Posted on: August 7, 2016 Posted by: Matthew Keener Comments: 0

Dr. Dabber’s Budder Cutter

Dr. Dabber’s Budder Cutter is a tool that should be utilized by anyone that wishes to make the dosing of concentrates constant. The device (retailing at around $50) is a tool that allows for one to choose the head that best doles out, cuts, or otherwise interacts with the concentrate, no matter the viscosity. The tool heats up to the optimum temperature quickly without becoming too hot for the product. The ability to…