Album Review : Veruca Salt – Ghost Notes
“I want the world, I want the whole world!” Their namesake screamed. And for a while in the mid-90s it felt like they might just take it. It’s impossible to mention Veruca Salt without a nod to Seether; one of the greatest tracks of the 90s. The garage band anthem with the pop-rock lilt. A …
See: Talk In Tongues release video for ‘While Everyone Was Waiting’
Talk In Tongues are unapologetically psychedelic. The release of the video for “While Everyone Was Waiting” is a fine excuse to listen to this track again. It struts in on the back of a funky baseline, adds layers of feedback and then swirls off into more interesting places before ending in what I think can legitimately be called …
See: Yo La Tengo release video for Cure cover “Friday I’m In Love”
It was a seemingly innocuous series of events that lead to the apocalypse. Remember when we greeted the start of the weekend with unnecessary cheery pictures of cats, or babies, or even frogs on social media? Finally some watching intelligence must have tired of this folderol marking the appearance of a perfectly normal day. Why …
Track: Fever the ghost- Vervain dreams of an old wooden cage
It’s usually the 3rd or 4th album where a band decides to expand their sound and throw the kitchen sink at a record, but LA’s Fever The Ghost are choosing to up their game early on. Trying to prove that you can never have too many instruments in a 4 minute pop song is Varvain …