Like many of the songs on Jeff Gay’s new album, he says that “XOXO” takes a look at the darker side of romance. That might be putting it lightly. Featuring Christina Martin, the new single channels REM to explore what might better be described as gut-wrenching manipulation as Jeff Gay makes his music video debut in the middle of quarantine. Continue reading Music Video: Jeff Gay Explores the Darker Side of Romance on ‘XOXO’ Featuring Christina Martin
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The Hush Sisters: Gerard Collins’ New Novel Takes Us Into a Deeper Dark
From the rocky shorelines of Newfoundland, a troubled pair of sisters find themselves searching through old wounds and fresh scars while running the gauntlet of what could be ghosts in their family home. These ideas were enough to make me want to read on, but I was unprepared for the real horrors that awaited these characters, and how much I cared about them, and their story, along the way.
Gerard Collins has played quite a trick with his new novel, The Hush Sisters. By luring the reader into his ghost riddled family mansion, he has left us open and unsuspecting of the pain and heartbreak that we live with these characters, and the histories that intertwine in these dark halls and creaking attics, could be our own. Continue reading The Hush Sisters: Gerard Collins’ New Novel Takes Us Into a Deeper Dark
Premiere: Kill Chicago Go for a Fistful of Spaghetti on ‘Pull Over’
Kill Chicago’s horn-laden “Pull Over” stands out as a multi-facetted Ennio Morricone-inspired closing track to their 2019 album, The Fix. With a spaghetti western soundtrack, the song compares divorce to a stand-off and, as can be seen in the new video, a lot of the damage gets taken by the innocent bystanders. Continue reading Premiere: Kill Chicago Go for a Fistful of Spaghetti on ‘Pull Over’
Music Video: Owen Meany’s Batting Stance Put the Pieces Back Together with ‘Breakfast Again’
Closing out his upcoming album with “Breakfast Again”, Owen Meany’s Batting Stance’s Daniel Walker closes out another chapter in his life with a bit of advice in the department of emotional damage control. Reeling from the effects of a bad break-up, Walker found himself having to put the pieces back together… starting with breakfast. Continue reading Music Video: Owen Meany’s Batting Stance Put the Pieces Back Together with ‘Breakfast Again’
Single: It’s Thomas Stajcer vs Elon Musk on ‘Who Will Listen To Country Music When Trucks Drive Themselves?’
When Isaac Asimov wrote his first Three Laws of Robotics, particular the First Law – which states that a robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm – he may very well have had automated transport in mind. The benefits of self-driving trucks, if conducted safely and in accordance with the Laws of Robotics, seem to generally outweigh the potential disadvantages. What Asimov failed to account for, however, is country musicians and the people who enjoy them, as Thomas Stajcer points out in his latest single, “Who Will Listen To Country Music When Trucks Drive Themselves?”. Continue reading Single: It’s Thomas Stajcer vs Elon Musk on ‘Who Will Listen To Country Music When Trucks Drive Themselves?’