Forget your coffee on the counter as you rushed out the door this morning? Don’t worry fam, we got you. Just crank up “Guillotines” by The Shadow Mountain for a triple shot of wonderfully scuzzy garage rock with riffs a plenty, lyrics about sticking it to the man and a sweet tambourine part to air tambo too. Most rock songs this overtly political tend to be either straight ahead punk (or RATM), so it’s a nice surprise to hear this kind of Stooges meets desert rock vibe joining the fight. It feels a bit like the stoners in shop class dropping Marxist theory on their peers, and if that ain’t a beautiful world I don’t know what is.
March 7, 2022
Week Starter – The Shadow Mountain
March 7, 2022
Mike’s Monday Muse – Justin Peter Kinkel-Schuster
Mike’s Monday Muse is where friend of the blog, roots DJ, house show organizer, Bloomington Music Expo czar and all around nice guy Mike McAfee picks one song a week to share with the people.
Justin Peter Kinkel-Schuster wrote, produced, played, sang, recorded and mixed all the music on this superb rock-n-roll record, No Tongue Can Tell. “Is It Lost,” “Mama’s Cash,” and “Daisies Never Tell” are #1 hit tunes in my car. JPKS is one of my very favorite artists and I recommend all his solo work as well as Marie/Lepanto, Water Liars, Theodore, or anything he releases through his Constant Stranger label.