New Music From The Guggenheim Grotto, “Wisdom”
The Guggenheim Grotto have released the first track from their forthcoming record, Master of the Universe, and Ickmusic has it!
You Just Do: The xx at the Varsity in Minneapolis
With the big acts of my summer concert series set (Simon and Garfunkel, Tom Petty and U2), I was lamenting not jumping immediately at the chance of buying tickets for a smaller show in the form of The xx at…
The Silver Seas in Chateau Revenge!
Michael Parr can't get enough of The Silver Seas, find out why with a video teaser from their upcoming release Chateau Revenge!
Jeff Tweedy at the Orpheum Theater in Phoenix
Seeing my favorite artists live in a full band setting is obviously one of life’s great thrills – Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, Steve Earle & the Dukes, Los Lobos, Wilco… But just as thrilling for me is…
Slayed by the Percussion Gun: White Rabbits in Minneapolis
My uncle Jamie is a vocational therapist out in Salem, Oregon. A while back, he related to me the concept of risk and how it relates to developmental wellness. If someone is regularly taking emotional, mental, physical and spiritual risks,…
New Matthew Ryan available, and hear another single: “We Are Snowmen”
Matthew Ryan gave another sneak peek at his new album, Dear Lover, a couple days ago. It’s called “We Are Snowmen”, and it just gave me more incentive to buy the record, which will be available digitally on Tuesday, October…
With eyes that burn so bright they make me pure
I’ve had a nice 3 day weekend: a hike near Canyon Lake in the Superstition Wilderness, an outing to the zoo with the family, BBQ and wine with the neighbors… but as all good things come to an end, it’s…
New Tune: Matthew Ryan’s The Wilderness
Care to be haunted and moved and blown away by a great song? Then listen to the brand new tune from Matthew Ryan: “The Wilderness”. Matt’s been making appearances on Ickmusic since I first fired this bad boy blog up…
Review: Works Progress Administration, “WPA”
Glen Phillips’ brand of Southern California folk-rock has always flirted on the edge of its bluegrass and country and western roots. In the years since Toad the Wet Sprocket closed up shop, his songwriting has danced closer and closer to…
Two Gallants come from the old time, baby
Well I come from the old time baby / too late for you to save me For two guys in their late twenties, they sure sing and sound like they come from the old time. San Francisco’s Two Gallants are…