Album Review: Wohlerzogen! By Tonfabrik

Whatever sound you have in your head about music from Austria, it is probably not this sound. This pop rock band sounds a lot like bands touring up and down the East coast of the US, only cleaner. More organized. And singing in German. Our favorite song: Wilst du Was Werden. (Reviewed on our #20 podcast, hills hoists.)

Album Review: Meat Head by Gaffa Tape Sandy

Roll up your sleeves alongside a smart, young pop group that really wants to talk about gender and equality, in the most intellectual and also in the danciest terms. Our favorite song: Meat Head. (Reviewed on our #20 podcast, hills hoists.)

Album Review: Skeleton Run by The Pretty Littles

The Pretty Littles are the best thing to come out of Australia since Hills Hoists. Our love for this band knows no bounds. One to watch. Our favorite song: Hills Hoists (and Sober). (Reviewed on our #20 podcast, hills hoists.)

Podcast 21: The Ultimate Compliment

Let’s talk about feelings! We discuss ways in which artists are crazy, and then explore Cinnamon’s catalog of very young obscure rockers, and then we listen to doom rock for a long time. Eventually we figure out what grad students are for, and discuss the national feeling of bobsledding. David Lee Macrae of Aesoterra reveals how psychedelic metal can heal you. We also have excellent music

Podcast 22 – A Bag of Dix

What a bag of dix looks like. Cinnamon’s list of lucky things. Theremin, as imported from Waconda. John exposes both anarchists and satanists as being “kind people.” Julie Shuchard of Tricycle Records offers a bunch of good advice that you should probably write down and hang on the fridge. We also have excellent music:

Let’s talk about feelings! We discuss ways in which artists are crazy, and then explore Cinnamon’s catalog of very young obscure rockers, and then we listen to doom rock for a long time. Eventually we figure out what grad students are for, and discuss the national feeling of bobsledding. David Lee Macrae of Aesoterra reveals how psychedelic metal can heal you. We also have excellent music: