Cramped in a poor excuse for a bar in Gunchester, England, I have to admit I wasn’t expecting much when the owner ushered Alberta Cross onto the stage; I was happily mistaken.  Despite Swedish frontman Petter Stakee’s accent, he sings like a country-boy from Tennessee.  Blending a blues-folk sound reminiscent of Neil Young, you’d be [...]

2009 brought the debut album from Rich Terfry (the man behind the Buck 65 moniker) and his newest collaborator, Belgian producer Joëlle Phuong Minh Lê.  The electronic/hip-hop project, known as Bike for Three!, released More Heart Than Brains this past summer to almost exclusive acclaim.  Today’s song is not from that album, nor is it [...]

Here’s a fun little activity for everyone:  The next time you have nothing to do, grab the blankets off your bed, throw them across your couch/coffee table creating a fort of sorts, shut off every light in your house/apartment, climb in with a flashlight, and listen to the new Timber Timbre album; friends of mine [...]

I suppose it’s appropriate that with Halloween weekend around the corner, I post the most haunting song I’ve heard this year; I promise this wasn’t planned, it just sort of happened.  On a side-note, I remember using that line on an ex-girlfriend, after showing up to meet her parents hungover and still wearing clothes from [...]