The Gobblers Knob

Screaming out of Portland, White Orange is on the verge of releasing their first full-length record, a self-titled, grooved-out metal trance-rock opus. Not really sure what else to say about them. After a few spins of the album that will be available on September 20th, it’s clear these guys like their psychedelic 70′s rock with [...]

OK, I promised three womanly rockers to you earlier in the week, and I’m here to deliver the third. First, we had San Francisco’s dream-popperTamaryn. Next up, we had the kinda scary, really hot EMA, and today, we have The Joy Formidable. OK, The group isn’t all female, in fact, they’re a trio out of London. [...]

OK, yesterday I mentioned there are a few female rockers I’m really into now. That’s when I babbled on about Tamaryn. Today, onto the next one. Erika M. Anderson, aka EMA, just released Past Life Martyred Saints, an album that isn’t giving up it’s spot in my car stereo very easily. She’s getting considerable attention, too. [...]

Sorry I haven’t been around for a while. Thankfully, things have been busy with my Dallas Observer and Best of Texas gigs. If you aren’t keeping up with me over on those outlets, I sure would appreciate it! Back to the Ol’ Knob, though. In the past few months, I’ve become kinda creepily obsessed with a [...]

I’ll have some pics and thoughts from my SXSW trip for you guys tomorrow, but before then I just thought I’d share a little somethin’ somethin’ (a very random somethin’, at that). I have mentioned my appreciation for the latest The Only Sons album, Steel Hearts, a time or two in the past, but I [...]