Category Archives: lo-fi

In Miniature: Hey, Marsupial (Chicago@Ronny’s Monday night!)

I’ve gradually been easing this blog into the Chicago scene. Have you noticed yet? (image a devilish grin on my face right now — not that hardly any of you have seen my face, but that’s another post, just imagine … Continue reading

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Filed under folk, Indie, lo-fi

Jeff Brodnax: Forcing Me To Bend

So, I’ve been Twittering… I thought I’d better ‘fess up to you all. And not far into it a musician named Jeff Brodnax started following my tweets … he approached me with his MySpace page and asked me to give … Continue reading

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Filed under acoustic, lo-fi, Lyrics, mellowing out, new music

Lovin’ Santa!

Tis the time of year to love up that roly poly Santa man! You can’t deny that there is a certain segment of the population that fetishizes Santa. I’m not saying I’m one of them, mind you. But there are … Continue reading

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Filed under Blues, Christmas, Glam Metal, lo-fi, techno, trance, xmas

On My Way Out The Door…

Ben Folds plays tonight, we shall see him for the first time. Review soon after will appear in this space. In the meantime, this song has been rattling about in my head for about two days now and finally Puppet … Continue reading

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Filed under don't blame me if you hate it, history, lo-fi, post-punk

Holy Fuck: Subterranean, Chicago

At some point last night, my sweetie turned to me and said, “It’s like they’re up there, just ecstatically happy to be doing what they love to do and they can’t even believe they’re getting PAID to do it!” And … Continue reading

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Filed under Indie, Live Music, lo-fi

Just close your eyes and listen….

cause this song is gooooooood, but the video is absolutely horrid. No, I mean, this is a much better band than that. I’m choosing to think they just made a really bad management decision here. Perhaps that also explains why … Continue reading

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Filed under Girl-Rock, lo-fi, Ugh