One of the many aspects of music that I have always found fulfilling relates to how influences have no cultural boundaries. While traditional music
Though there are still a few underexposed albums from 2008 that I will feature in the coming weeks, it is most certainly not too
As I indicated less than two weeks when featuring Benji Hughes’ excellent A Love Extreme, releasing a double-disc album as a debut can be
Ever since the emergence of California-based surf-rock instrumentalists like The Surfaris and Dick Dale & the Del-tones in the early ‘60s, it has become
Though it is a risky venture to release a double album even if you are a considerably prestigious artist, the bulk of such releases
The divergence of folk music has been a common observation among fans of independent music for the past decade or so. Whether one most
Longtime fans of punk music would likely consider it an unwarranted insult if one related the duration of a song to the peak of
A prevalent veneration for the past can certainly be detrimental to an artist’s work if their techniques are either outdated or generic, but holding
I was originally going to begin this feature by comparing Katzenjammer’s passion for music to some relentless force of nature, mainly because this Norwegian
Prolific artists have a tendency to never feel quite satisfied. Regardless of whether or not they have something left to prove, pursuits regarding financial