“I was 21 years old, never did drugs in my life. I’d confiscated a bag of weed from my bride at our wedding reception and was freaking out about it. I didn’t want to throw it away, as it was potentially worth hundreds of dollars … I didn’t know how much it cost. At the reception, she was telling people she didn’t know why she married me as she drank two bottles of wine and smoked a joint. About two miles down the road, en route to the honeymoon she asked me to pull over. She vomited gracefully through the open door and gave me the go-ahead to resume driving. The weed and wine then worked their combined magic. I got another mile down the road and she gave a much more urgent signal and I pulled over just in time for her to fall out of the car and vomit and shit all over the place. She spent about 30 minutes urgently voiding everything from her system with her eyes rolling back and getting vomit and mud on the veil she was still wearing. It was lightly raining and I was in a hurry to get to the beach, so I tried to lift her back into the car only for her to unleash the most horrific scream. You’d think I’d stabbed her, and apparently the nearest neighbor thought the same. Their outside light turned on in the distance and I set the lady back down in the grass.
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Creative Loafing features The Head’s new video for “Raincoats”
The Head continued its Millipedes E.P. media blitz over the holidays, debuting a music video for “Raincoats” via Under the Radar. The song exemplifies the band’s sonic shift from power pop to left of the dial college rock, and the video juxtaposes scenes of the band hanging out around town with singer and bassist Mike Shaw meditating in a tub full of water. Both seemingly opposite concepts suit the song’s mix of jovial pop and introspective lyrics. READ MORE…
Creative Loafing shares The Head’s new video for “It Ain’t Easy”
In case you missed it, Atlanta trio the Head released a video for their single “It Ain’t Easy” (which drummer Jack Shaw says was inspired by the tragedy in Newtown) from their EP Millipedes(Baby Robot Media). A series of close-up shots show various sticky liquids raining down singer Mike Shaw and director Rebecca Arrowsmith’s faces. The band’s cheerful, glam-tinged approach to power-pop and indie-rock complements the faux-surreal imagery. WATCH HERE…
Excellent review of The Head’s new EP Millipedes at Creative Loafing Atlanta
Twenty-somethings Jacob Morrell (guitar), Jack Shaw (drums), and Mike Shaw (vocals, bass) demonstrate pop knowledge and mastery beyond their years with the Head’s Millipedes EP. The band revisits college radio’s halcyon days with “Jesus,” a song driven by three chords of fuzz and dripping with self-defeat. Upbeat anthem “It Ain’t Easy” comes from an even darker place, as it is about Newtown gunman Adam Lanza’s relationship with his father. Southern indie and Northwestern grunge darkness give way to less gloomy British traditions on the remaining tracks. The most rewarding of these is “Pebbles on the Ground,” a multi-faceted, unpretentious nod to ’80s noise pop giants. There is enough variety and creativity stretched across six songs to set the standards high for the group’s future. ????? READ MORE…
Creative Loafing reviews Shepherds debut “Exit Youth”
Shepherds’ debut album, Exit Youth, takes shape as a beautifully mixed bag of sorts. The synth rock pastiche “Reverie” fades into the harsh sound collage of “Drudgery.” Sprinkled in amid these experimental pieces is a dose of Dinosaur Jr.-style guitar rock laced with touches of soul and R&B shining through in album highlights “Never Been” and “Brevity.” This eclectic mix finds common ground in guitarist and singer Jonathan Merenivitch’s jumbled approach to coherent story telling. The album’s theme: Realizing in your late 20s that, even though you have an artistic platform, youthful dreams of ditching your day job and pursuing your passion full time are revealing themselves as a cruel joke. Written over a three-year period, Exit Youth is about confronting economic and emotional recessions through healthy, creative means. ? ? ? ? ? READ MORE…
Sydney Eloise & The Palms release their debut LP, Faces; Creative Loafing gives 4 out of 5 star review, hosts album stream
Sydney Eloise reveals a lush, ’60s pop sound with her debut album, Faces (the Cottage Recording Co./Bear Kids). Marking an impressive departure from the girls-night-out country pop of her early single “Bad Suzie,” songs such as “Tell Me What I Want to Hear,” “Sorry, Not Sorry,” and “Always Sailing,” manage the impressive feat of abandoning pretense without sacrificing her gifts for melody and a sweeping voice. Backed by the Palms, featuring Damon Moon (bass, drums) and Chandler Galloway (keyboards), maturity is a group effort. Eloise’s delivery is inseparable from the larger than life production. Nowhere is this truer than “The Loneliest Boy In NY,” a lilting closer sung by a woman embracing her true identity. LISTEN HERE…