Author Archives: Louis O'Callaghan

Album Review: Southerly – Best Dressed and Expressionless

Posted on June 16, 2011 by Louis O'Callaghan

Southerly – Best Dressed and Expressionless (2004, Dead Letter Records) In that heady, fateful summer of 2004 of which I have now rambled on about several times, I ended up one July evening at a coffee house in Neenah, Wisconsin, … Continue reading →

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Album review: Yarn Owl – Montaña Y Caballo

Posted on April 13, 2011 by Louis O'Callaghan

Yarn Owl – Montaña Y Caballo (2011, self-released) Way back in 2006 I played in Pullman with a band called Ether Hour, a piano-driven, Elliott Smith-esque indie rock band that I found on MySpace, back when it was still useful … Continue reading →

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Album Review: Car Scars – A.M. Gold

Posted on March 17, 2011 by Louis O'Callaghan

Car Scars – A.M. Gold (2005, Funkytonk Records) [Note: this review is part of the Bad at Listening series.] Car Scars is one of the many bands that Tim Leingang of Richmond, Washington has played in. Tim has been a central … Continue reading →

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Album Review: The Lido Venice

Posted on February 14, 2011 by Louis O'Callaghan

The Lido Venice – Songs Written around the Campfire in the Belly of a Whale (EP – 2004 ECA Records) [Note: this review is part of the Bad at Listening series.] At that same previously-written-about Missoula show, the Lido Venice played … Continue reading →

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Bad at Listening: Introduction

Posted on February 3, 2011 by Louis O'Callaghan

Good people are good: you give them a CD (or vinyl record, or download card, or a myspace link, carrier pigeon, whatever), and they listen to it almost instantly, and then tell you what they thought of it. Bad people … Continue reading →

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Album Review: This Is a Process of a Still Life

Posted on February 3, 2011 by Louis O'Callaghan

This Is a Process of a Still Life – self-titled (Firefly Sessions, 2004) [Note: this review is part of the Bad at Listening series.] This is the first review of this series and I’m already breaking a rule, in that … Continue reading →

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Album Review: Vinca Minor – Isolation

Posted on January 25, 2011 by Louis O'Callaghan

Vinca Minor – Isolation (2010, Second Shimmy) Vinca Minor’s Isolation is the latest project and release from Ball of Wax contributor and all-around prolific local artist Matt Menovcik. You might know him such diverse acts as Ms. Led, Roxy and Clark, … Continue reading →

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