In the middle of the journey through War On Sound, a quixotic, grizzled, in recovery, former rock journalist (is there any other?) takes up the unasked-for challenge of a melancholic twentysomething guitar player whom the gods have gifted with the musical acumen of Mozart and prodigious sexual equipment similar to cordwood. The has-been journo says, […]
Exclusive Premiere: Cave People “Small”
Philadelphia indie band Cave People are in the process of releasing their new album Sinning Tree via Stereophonodon Records (preorder it here!) but they were kind enough to come to Loser City with a premiere of their track “Small.” Bridging the low-key poetic melancholy of the Silver Jews and the thick, rugged sounds of Archers of Loaf, […]
Danny Says is a Heartfelt Attempt to Shine a Light on a Rock Pioneer
Like most collaborative art forms, music is a medium that focuses on stars at the expense of the lesser known figures who help those stars get to where they are. Sometimes behind-the-scenes figures become larger than life themselves (Phil Spector and Suge Knight are two examples who likely immediately come to mind for the wrong reasons) […]
Today We Drink Wine: Looking Back at the Tragic History of Cambodian Pop
To mark the release of the new documentary Don’t Think I’ve Forgotten, which can be seen this weekend at select theatres across the US, including Violent Crown Cinema in Austin and at the Seattle International Film Festival, we’re reprinting a feature Nick Hanover wrote on the Cambodian music scene chronicled in the film. While much of […]