HimTall has written the following articles:
Luminous Night is the first set of new Six Organs Of Admittance material to leap forth from Ben Chasnys' cerebral cortex in 18 mon»
Tonight - with John Maloney of Sunburned Hand of the Man on drums and Keith Wood from Hush Arbors on guitar - is billed as a one-off Six Organs 'band' show. They're a veritable supergroup culled from the heart of the nu-wyrd free-folk psych scene, or whatever you want to call it»
DiS's Him Tall takes a look at the Don't Look Back series and its roots in 1980s indie-rock, posing all necessary why and how questions. All Tomorrow's Parties' Barry Hogan, Sebadoh's Lou Barlow and Mudhoney's Steve Turner are on hand with the answers»
San Francisco will probably always struggle to shrug off the 40-year-old 'Summer of Love' weight of history that hangs over one the most beautiful and chilled of US cities. The Haight-Ashbury hippie revolution and the Golden Gate Park 'Be-Ins' of 1967 continue to fascinate. SF-based Wooden Shjips' guitarist/vocalist Ripley Johnson discusses their retro-futurist sound...»
Love’s Miracle is an oddly enjoyable affair on the whole, although in a time when US bands are working through a Fantasy Football League-like transfer system (I’ll swap your an ex-Jesus Lizard singer for a Helmet drummer), it may take an album or two for Qui to completely work out their sound...»
Coming on like a comfy pair of musical slippers, Graham Coxon and Paul Weller collaboration ‘This Old Town’ will warm your toes without challenging you in the slightest...»
Recorded with alumni from Vanishing Voice and including guest turns from Sonic Youths Lee Ranaldo (who also produces) and Steve Shelley, this is perhaps the most realised and accessible release from Wooden Wand to date...»
When the original Dinosaur Jr trio unexpectedly reformed in 2005 for some fantastically loud live renderings of the first trio of albums, the thought of new material was pretty much the last thing on long-term fans’ minds. However, Beyond bucks the reformation album trend - it fits pretty neatly as an addition to the original three LPs...»
