So here we are. It’s time for the post that I’ve been dreading (and have put off for much longer than I should). But it’s time to make the obvious official. This, friends, is my long-overdue, heavy-hearted farewell post.  Before I say anything else, I want to thank you. Whether you’ve read a post here and there or have been reading my musical opinions since I started Fuzzy Logic back in what feels like forever ago (but is actually about a dozen or so years ago), it means the world to me that you’ve taken the time to read anything here at my little corner of the internet. Writing about m ..read more

You love going to shows. I love giving you tickets to shows. It's a match made in heaven. Read on for how you can win you some tickets to a great show. It is a pleasure to be offering a pair of tickets to the following upcoming show. There are few things as wonderful to get up to on a Sunday night as taking in some live music (especially when said live music is happening in a mighty fine venue). And that's precisely what you could get up to this very Sunday evening, if you happen to be the lucky one to win tickets to see alt-J and Portugal.The Man at The Anthem. The former is touring new rec ..read more

There’s a bunch of videos out there. Some of them are good. Some of them are a cut above. I like to think my picks for Video of The Day are a cut (or two) above. This year there's been incalculable loss, and far too many endings. In the current climate, these losses can feel even more acute, even harder to process and move forward from.  Paul Draper's latest single, "Omega Man," takes loose inspiration from Richard Matheson's 1950s horror title I Am Legend, which was subsequently adapted cinematically in the movie Omega Man. What's with all this Omega talk, you ask? Well, it's quite simp ..read more

It's not often in the music world that one gets the chance to share something that's essentially hot off the press, but that's exactly what I have the pleasure of doing with you right here and now.  Wilmington's very own Lauds wrapped up the recording of this, their dreamy new single "Are You There All Alone," just last week, and it's available for your listening pleasure today. I should warn you, though: this isn't the kind of song you'll just be able to listen to once and walk away from. Instantly, and I do mean instantly, addictive, the song has an incandescent, almost gossamer-gentle ..read more

Tomorrow night, the good folks of the Black Cat will be celebrating their 28th Anniversary, which made today feel like a pretty good time to talk not only about that particular anniversary show but to gush a little about the venue in general. On that legendary DC stage tomorrow night will be the stacked bill of Algiers, Ted Leo, The Owners, Teen Cobra, and Anna Connolly (with Hannah Burris). I'm not saying there will be special guests, but what I am saying is that the possibility of special guests shouldn't be ruled out.   And now, because I can't be at the show tomorrow ..read more

There’s a bunch of videos out there. Some of them are good. Some of them are a cut above. I like to think my picks for Video of The Day are a cut (or two) above. I've fallen head over heels for Nation of Language during the course of the past year. Regretfully, this has coincided with some personal life things that have made writing difficult, and as such this is, unfathomably, my first post about the band I've listened to so much over the past year and a half. The band will be releasing the follow-up to their incredible debut Introduction, Presence this November, and will also be touring t ..read more

I couldn't quite tell you why, but for the longest time I've been somewhat moderately obsessed with pedals. Since I'm no guitarist I don't really have a valid reason for this, other than the fact that they both make pretty noises and are rather nice to look at. Much, really, like the folks who use them. I've decided to turn my inexplicable pedal fancy into Fuzzy Logic fodder, and I do hope you'll enjoy my foray into the ins and outs of pedal worship. Outerloop might be relatively new, but some of its members are no stranger to the DC scene. Guitarist Don Potter, for example, has been feature ..read more

Well, well, well. Look who's taking their show on the road?  It's been nearly a year and a half since I last posted about a band going on tour. We all know what's been going on since March of 2020, and we all know that things are still not back to "normal," despite many efforts to suggest the contrary is true. That being said, it's a heartwarming thing to welcome back the return of live music into our lives - in whatever capacity. I find it fitting that my first On The Road Again post of 2021 was inspired by the announcement of US tour dates from one of the very best (and loudest) live ..read more

There’s a bunch of videos out there. Some of them are good. Some of them are a cut above. I like to think my picks for Video of The Day are a cut (or two) above. Unschooling's "Social Chameleon" is the kind of song that's a bit like playing musical chairs - you never quite know when the music is going to stop, or what's going to happen when it does, but until then you've got this nervy, overstimulated energy coursing through you. With this lean, jittery song, the Rouen ensemble picks up the mantle of abrasive, thorny art punk from dearly departed forebears Women and adds a bit of a twist, br ..read more

Back in 2015, John Staton of the Wilmington Star News described Life of Saturdays as "the best Wilmington band no one's ever heard of." Five years down the road, and that's not so much the case anymore - even non-Wilmingtonians might already know/love Life of Saturdays; if not by name, perhaps by note, thanks to the band's song "If U R Alive" being featured in an episode of Vice Principals (please allow me to save you some searching - season 2, episode 7).  For the uninitiated, I'm thrilled to be able to introduce you to Life of Saturdays through this here video premiere. The video you'r ..read more