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Hush Now – Hush Now

The genre is Shoegaze. As in gazing at your shoes. If you think this genre sounds as uninspiring as the similarly named T trip activity, The Hush Now are ready to make you think differently, and their self-titled 11 track album released this year is a great introduction to the genre. Drums, guitars, phat analog synth leads, and more drums submerge a harmonized vocal sound not far off from the… continue reading

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My Bonnaroo Diary

Day 1 Eden Prairie, MN 9:14 AM With hundreds of performances on more than nine stages, and roughly 80,000 music-loving and sweaty bodies, the 9th annual Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival will dominate four days of the hot Manchester, Tennessee summer. Bring it on! Farewell Minnesota, Tennessee beckons. I’m heading to Bonnaroo with my friend Scott. This is the fourth music related road trip I have embarked on with this… continue reading

Jun 24 2010

Nateva, Here We Come!

With Bonnaroo, SXSW, Sound Set, Coachella and all of those big name festivals behind us, it’s time for something a little more fresh- a little more down to earth.  Nateva is the answer to what we’re looking for. Maine’s first Music and Camping festival, Nateva is bringing artists such as The Flaming Lips and Grizzly Bear to Oxford, Maine for a Fourth of July weekend unlike any other. In isolated… continue reading