Author Archives: Dave

[mp3] Benoît Pioulard // Margin

Posted on May 4, 2013 by Dave • 0 Comments

Benoît Pioulard is a name I previously recognized, yet failed to associate with any particular sound or notion. As the moniker for Michigan based singer-songwriter Thomas Meluch, the pseudonym adds a greater sense of intrigue to his persona and music – perhaps an exotic foreignness – that his given name doesn’t quite convey. This sense… Continue Reading

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[listen] Introducing // Lazyeyes

Posted on April 3, 2013 by Dave • 2 Comments

Broo… Continue Reading

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[mp3] Blood Sister // Why Would You

Posted on March 8, 2013 by Dave • 0 Comments

If you’ve managed to read this site regularly over the years and avoid our unfailing praise of Brooklyn’s Night Manager, then you deserve some sort of prize for obliviousness. Last summer, when we weren’t doing much writing, Night Manager tossed out a 7 track eponymous release that we never got around to mentioning. It’s more… Continue Reading

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[mp3] Kurt Vile // Wakin On A Pretty Day

Posted on February 26, 2013 by Dave • 0 Comments

I fully intended on writing a number of insightful and thought provoking words regarding Kurt Vile’s latest opus, “Wakin On A Pretty Day,” but then Wednesday brought a few events that took my mind elsewhere. One of those events I will not discuss here, as it made me very sad. The other also made me… Continue Reading

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[stream] Jagwar Ma // The Throw

Posted on February 1, 2013 by Dave • 1 Comment

The arc of a new band’s career is often a fascinating thing. The attention certain bands get while others languor in obscurity often seemingly has no rhyme or reason to it, and many (perhaps) undeserving outfits receive notice (again perhaps) at the expense of other contemporaries. This is not a new observation, but it remains… Continue Reading

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tym-pan-o-gram (noun)
an examination used to test the condition of the middle ear and mobility of the eardrum, and the conduction bones by creating variations of air pressure in the ear canal.

Basically, it sounded like a cool name for a blog intended to be primarily about music. We’d both had other blogs previously, but over beers it was decided that more damage could be done as a joint venture. And here we are.

We share a passion for the undiscovered and under-appreciated, and hope that you’ll be able to find something you love as well.
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About the Author: Dave
I like music. I can't describe how I came to like the music I do, because I don't know how or why, I just do.

Many years ago, Napoleon's brother, my great-great-great-great-great-great Grandfather, came to America. He was asked his name on Ellis Island while being processed as an immigrant. Not understanding English, he was under the impression that he was being asked how he had arrived in the new land. So he turned around and pointed at the sea vessel and said, 'LaBarge.'
About the Author: Andy
I come by my music taste of my own free will. My friends listened to 2Pac, my parents to contemporary Christian and me? Sunny Day Real Estate. I can’t explain it.

“Music, true music, not just rock ’n’ roll, it chooses you. It lives in your car, or alone, listening to your headphones…” - Lester Bangs