Sometimes inspiration can come in the oddest packages, literally. One early morning in 2004, Jeff Ilgenfritz was in the middle a usual morning routine
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Japanese avant-pop is an interesting genre. Interestingly enough, the genre has yet to catch on with fury in it’s native Japan. Despite this, artists
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I often find myself fascinated with dramatically poetic musicians. A lugubrious perspective applied toward the lyrical aspect doesn’t hurt either. There is not much
You can call me biased if you please, but I have a tendency of getting a bit excited whenever writing about anything related to
For two decades, the musical alias for Bill Callahan has been Smog. Such an alias wasn’t the least bit surprising, as Callahan has that
Some families get along well, while others absolutely can’t stand each other. I’m not sure what the personal feelings are in the two families
