Month: January 2022

After a five year hiatus Indiana-based Shoegaze/Indie rock band Cloakroom has released their new concept album, “Dissolution Wave.” The album tells the story of a space western and helps facilitate a conversation about just what exactly Shoegaze is. The name shoegaze, often intermingled with dream pop, was originally called shoe-gazing, and got its name from… Continue reading Cloakroom’s “Dissolution Wave” and Shoegaze

There’s nothing too special about an essay read aloud. A comedy essay? Well, that’s a little different. For the past few years, I’ve been obsessed with a writer named David Sedaris. A Raleigh native, Sedaris’s stories are personal, inventive, and vindictive. Through humor, his writing transports you into the nagging brain of someone taking offense… Continue reading David Sedaris is a Funny Guy

The song “Notion” by the band The Rare Occasions, highlights how three bandmates, well more like Rockstar’s, each play an instrumental part to giving this Indie Rock song the success it has received since August 5th, 2016. The band members Brian McLaughlin (singer/electric guitar), Luke Imbusch (drummer), and Jeremy Cohen (bassist) are all a part… Continue reading The Rare Occasions “Notion” Indie Rock taking on Livestream Sound

The NOAA, or National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, has been recording sounds near the seabed of the Pacific Ocean with advanced hydrophones since the early 1990’s. What initiated as a way to track Soviet Submarine activities has since morphed into an umbrella project for the monitoring and archiving of undersea seismic activity, as well as… Continue reading “Upsweep,” Nature’s Strange, Beautiful Music

When the Covid-19 pandemic hit during 2020, the world of professional sports came to a screeching halt. With worries about crowds, the health of the athletes, and restrictions going up, the current model of professional sports became unattainable. The NBA came up with a model to get around these inhibitions, inviting twenty-two of the current… Continue reading NBA Crowd Noise and the Lack Thereof

Euphoria is a trending tv show streaming on HBO Max that follows the lives of problematic high school students involving sensitive topics such as drug addiction, abusive relationships, sexual assault, and other very serious subjects. This show is for mature audiences and is quite explicit.  The music in Euphoria is very important because it has… Continue reading Labrinth’s Musical Affect on Hit TV Show Euphoria

Esquivel was a composer/producer/bandleader who was active primarily in the late 1950’s and 1960’s. His music fit into what was called “Lounge Music” – typically jazz-derived music that often featured full orchestration. Esquivel’s productions by today’s standards are seen as over-the-top and a bit kitschy, but he was a true innovator and visionary. He understood… Continue reading Esquivel “Brazil”