Vivian Darkbloom is a pseudonym for the novelist Vladimir Nabokov, a writer who loved controversy, intrigue, and continually thwarting the expectations of his readers. The band borrowed this name in homage to Nabokov (whom...
Glenn Jones: A Geran...
posted by Stuart Morrison
From his album Barbecue Bob in Fishtown From Cambridge, Massachusetts, Glenn Jones is a A 30-plus-year devotee of the so-called Takoma School. His third album – Barbecue Bob in Fishtown – is out now...
Hallelujah the Hills...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Hallelujah the Hills was born in 2005 out of the ashes of the cult Boston band The Stairs. On the night of their final performance Ryan Walsh (Vox, Guitar) and Eric Meyer (Drums) announced that they would start a new band,...
The Hush Now: Tradit...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Boston indie-pop quintet The Hush Now have made an impression on music critics and fans by wedding the “lush sugar-spun melodies of shoegaze’s dreamy heyday” to “the hooky muscle of bands like Guided by Voices and...
John Brown’s B...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Elliot Martin, lead vocalist of the Cambridge based progressive reggae band John Brown’s Body, had some choice words about their musical direction that we’d like to share here: “I think that the strongest...
This Car Up: Tarzan ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Today we present one of Boston, Massachusetts best kept secrets, This Car Up. Since our basketball team in LA is currently being spanked by Boston as I type this, I figured today was as good as any to pay tribute to the...
Don DiLego: Falling ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
A man who loves the agony of writing songs. Don DiLego grew up in the 70’s. He often wore a yellow polyester suit jacket and plaid pant combo that his mom thought “was really groovy”, but in reality may...
IR Orlando #22: Horr...
posted by Marci Brinker
INSOMNIA RADIO: ORLANDO 22 Release date:10/24/2007 It’s that time of year again… time for Insomnia Radio HORRORLANDO 2! This time we have an enormous crop of scary music – from Orlando to as far away as New...
