Johnny Symmes

Every year on a hot weekend in July a section of South Broadway in Denver has a rendezvous with a tramp named the Underground Music Showcase (UMS). Four days of bands, booze, and blistering sun. Rock and fucking roll. This year I wanted to...

Kid Astronaut is neither a Kid nor an Astronaut. He is, however, a talented man by the name of Jon Shockness. If you've been paying attention to anything I've said on this here site you should have read about a band called Air Dubai. Jon has...

Every now and then I will catch myself in a short lived giggle fit about someone’s particular musical taste. Shame on me I know. Inevitably they will ask me what dark musical secrets are hiding in my closet. I will pull out some folky/country/Americana shit...

There is something about me, music festivals, and rain. If I chose to go to Coachella I swear I could end California’s drought. Instead I went to Soundset, the largest hip-hop festival in the country, located in Minneapolis. This was my first...

Last time you heard me screaming at you about The Static Tones it was when I stumbled across an EP they had put out. I was fully aroused and it lasted more than four hours. It lasted until now. The full album is here bros. I finally came....

As bloggers it is easy to forget about the grind that the artists we cover go through just to get a record in our greasy meat mitts. We forget that each song is not just composed of the emotions and musical talents of the artist but also the blood, sweat, and...

He awakens laying face flat on shredded carpet. The stench of burning and death fill the remnants of a once peaceful room. Now a pile of destruction is all that remains. What happened in here? He picks himself up from his blood soaked position and slowly...

I find myself in a writing slump on occasion. It's either the change of season's, or my personal life, or perhaps being in a musical stagnation. Regardless of why, when I’m in that state I eventually find something like Superficial. You...

I’m just going to be honest here. The first thing that caught my eye was this dude’s name. DOUG. That’s it, just DOUG. Not DOUG E. Fresh or Teach Me How to DOUGie. Just fucking capital...

If you have your head out of your ass you recall me dropping knowledge on your tits and dicks with my review of Air Dubai’s Wonder Age. Since then the dudes have signed with Hopeless Records and been touring all over the country breaking...