The Omega to the Week Starter Alpha, Week Ender is the song we want to send you into the weekend with. We’re in the part of thew year where we get to overeating in the name of family, country and religion. We’re hard pressed to think of a better song for the occasion than “Lazy Boy” by the Love Hounds. Are we basing this around the line “Woke up with my Lazy Boy stuck in recline, it happens all the time?” Yes partially, and while we know within the context of the song it’s about being drunk and a mess let us not discredit the powerful food drunk of the season. Also the regular binge drunk tha ..read more

Friday 5×5 is our segment where we give you five new tracks to check out and give ourselves the challenge of describing said tracks in only five words. Need some tunes to keep you leveled out as you battle through the scrum that is Black Friday? We got you. Check out these songs so good they don’t need a bunch of hyping up for you to want to bring them home to the family. New tunes from Nick Noon, Miriam Clancy, picnic., Lazy Queen and Farewell Horizontal. . . Nick Noon – “Bring Out The Sunshine” 5 Words – Sprawling, epic, chamber pop perfection. . . Miriam Clancy – “Head Like A Hole ..read more

From the Netherlands come Lorem Ipsum with a catchy little number called “Lessons In Living.” The lessons these Nords seem to have learned is how far you can go on a well crafted, straight forward riff if you imbue it with swagger and energy and a dash of mystery. Is that a guitar running through a fuzz pedal set to obliterate or is it an organ set to 11 and played through a blown speaker? Who knows, but also who cares because either way it’s cool. Throw in a grooving rhythm section and catchy vocals and you have a certified strut that shimmies down the line between indie rock and garage rock ..read more

Friday 5×5 is our segment where we give you five new tracks to check out and give ourselves the challenge of describing said tracks in only five words. It’s been a long week, and so let us dilly dally no more, let us get right to the point with the briefest of reviews of new music by Sterile Cuckoo, INASEH, November Ultra, Father Baker and Cherokee Death Cats. . . Sterile Cuckoo – “The Ghost of Saint Claire 5 Words – Cinematic shoegaze, warm and wet. . . INASEH – “Die 4 Me (feat. Sage Avalon) 5 Words – Catchy darkwave tinged indie goodness. . . November Ultra – “Come Into My Arms” 5 Wo ..read more