Music Makes Us

Spoonboy – I Love You This Is a Robbery

I missed updating yesterday, had to get a filling that fell out replaced… and I guess now I need a root canal. Anyhow, here is another artist from plan-it-x. Spoonboy (born 1983) is a member of Washington, D.C.-based punk-pop band, The Max Levine Ensemble. He is definitely a political artists whose actions reflect that. Anyhow, [...]

Erin Tobey – Erin Tobey

Here is the self titled album by another musician on plan-it-x. I swear it is hard to go wrong with anything on that label. Erin Tobey (b. 1981) is a DIY musician who currently lives in Bloomington, IN. She played guitar and sang in the pop/punk trio Abe Froman and has played bass in Mt. [...]

Andrew Jackson Jihad – People Who Can Eat People are the Luckiest People in the World

These guys are one of my favorite bands (right up there with The Mountain Goats) and they are even better live. You can’t help but to feel the emotions that are involved with the songs they play, and you will crave more, like a drug. Probably the only band I have woken up to playing [...]

Madeline – The Slow Bang

In 2000 Madeline began performing her songs in Athens, Georgia at the age of 15. Over the next couple of years, Madeline worked on a full length album and fronted the locally successful psychedelic pop band, The Sugar Shakers. In 2002 Madeline self-released her album Kissing & Dancing. In 2003 the record was re-released by [...]

Ghost Mice – Debt of the Dead

This is probably the most popular album by Ghost Mice. The songs are positively charged making you feel good. Unfortunately it does not have the pizza song, but it does have Up the Punks which is an incredible song. If you haven’t heard of these guys yet you should check them out and see them [...]

Andrew Jackson Jihad – Can’t Maintain

This is one of the best albums by Andrew Jackson Jihad. You can feel the energy and emotions spilling out through the lyrics, vocals, and instruments. Andrew Jackson Jihad is an American folk/punk/rock group from Phoenix, Arizona, formed in 2004. They have been classified as everything from indie rock to anti-folk to Americana. Andrew Jackson [...]