Ick’s Pick: Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore’s ‘Texicali’
A dozen years has passed since my last “Ick’s Pick,” so why not pick it back up? I’ve been combing through the HTML wreckage of my web site for the last few weeks – fixing dead links, images and such.…
Pete’s Top 10 in Music – 2013
One of my new year’s resolutions for 2014 will be to spend more time banging out some thoughts on this blog (which will turn 10 in December). It mystifies me how fast time flies between my posts here (and time…
Pete’s Music Highlights: My Top 12 of 2012
I’ve been as quiet here on Ickmusic as I ever have during its eight year run. Worry not, nothing (outside of my family) has taken a back seat to music in my life. It still fuels everything I do. But…
Diamond Rugs
If that crazy bastard John McCauley is involved, count me in. John’s main gig is Deer Tick, but he’s also popped up in a couple of indie supergroups: Middle Brother (along with Delta Spirit’s Matt Vasquez and Taylor Goldsmith from…
Delta Spirit’s new one
The new (self-titled) Delta Spirit album came out earlier this month, and it’s a good ‘un. It’s the southern California band’s third full length release, and is a departure of sorts from the more folk-based rock influences of their first…
Brett Dennen, I like you
Goodness gracious me, have you heard the latest Brett Dennen album? Loverboy has been out for a year, but it took me until just a couple weeks ago to hear a tune from it (“Little Cosmic Girl” on SiriusXM), which…
Pete’s Music Charts: January
Hi. It’s 2012, and I’ve yet to put finger to keyboard to whip up a post on this, my site, my IckMusic. No, music hasn’t taken a back seat to anything. It’s still at the forefront, ever accompanying me on…
Pete’s Top Albums of 2011
2011 was another year of musical discovery for me. Clocking in highest on the discovery meter were San Francisco’s Girls; but right up there with Girls were two bands that can’t technically qualify for my best of 2011 album list:…
I Support The War on Drugs
Man, I can get behind The War on Drugs. Their latest, Slave Ambient, is fantastic – one of those albums that instantly draws you in. It’s a rock & roll framework, but the album title doesn’t lie – there’s an…
Old Californio’s latest, ‘Sundrunk Angels’
Somehow I missed the summer release date of Old Californio‘s latest album, Sundrunk Angels. Well, I was on a 2 week east coast vacation, so that may be why – but, better late than never. The Pasadena, California band –…
