Surprise, surprise: Funky Donny Fred shows up to add his two cents about a band named Coke Weed. FDF: Hey man, you know me. LN: Go ahead and say it… FDF: COKE WEED! Heh heh… but really, I go way back with this band. LN: That’s right, FD, we saw Coke Weed a couple of […]
Although I don’t wander around the East & West Village as much as I used to back in the day when I actually used to live down there, I still feel a happy connection to the place that’s devoid of any “back-in-the-day-before-the-[fill in the blank]-peeps-moved-in” attitude, so imagine my delight to have some moments revolving […]
I know what you’re thinking: “Keep Shelly in Athens?” Look, coming up with a good band names is hard. Just ask Atomic Mass (they eventually changed their name to Def Leppard). This band is not from REM’s Georgia hometown; they’re a duo from the Athens, Greece neighborhood of Kypseli. Or, as one YouTube commenter explained: “Those aren’t […]
Julia Holter has recorded some of the most impressive albums of melodic art music of the past five years, although their erudition and abstraction haven’t always pulled in listeners right away. This issue is remedied by her fourth album, Have You In My Wilderness, which comes out today. The new album finds Holter focusing on […]
I’ll admit it: there was a point where I thought I’m too old for this stuff. Not that Basilica Soundscape is the cult of half-dressed youth you may associate the term “music festival” these days with. Presenting art(y) music in an upstate NY cathedral of 19th century industrialism, Basilica Soundscape offers little to dance or […]
I only wish Courtney Barnett had been around to set me straight when I was living on the edge of insanity in my youth. I always wanted to believe that nobody would care if I went to the party or not, yet inevitably I would find myself standing with a cigarette and a shot in […]
The fourth annual Basilica Soundscape music and arts festival is almost upon us, bringing joy and anticipation to independent music connoisseurs and exiled bohos in upstate New York alike. Tickets are going fast, but Sound It Out got a press pass, and we’re gonna use it! Here’s what audiences at this two-day event can look […]
I have a theory about Track 3. In my experience, Track 3 tends to be the most important song on a typical album, if not the “best” song, then the most representative one. I think maybe it’s because Track 1 is used to simply grab the listener’s attention; Track 2 is a cool down, and by Track […]
For the review of the new single from psychedelic southern California band Wand, I’m joined once again by fellow traveler Funky Donny Fred. FDF: Duuu-uu-uu-ude… new album from WAND! Wait a minute — didn’t you write about a new album earlier this year? LN: That’s right, Funky Donny Fred. Sound It Out also covered their […]
“Dad, I don’t feel so good.” I am a bad father. I took the kids on a leisurely summer drive and played the advance of Drinks‘ debut album, Holiday for Hermits, on the car stereo. The weather was rather fair for this time of the year, and I hit the curves of the road under […]