If, like me, you happened to be working for Shopko in the late 1990s, you would have, by default, spent a lot of time with the satellite radio station they have piped into their stores. Lucky for me, the station was, in fact, a lot more interesting than we normally think piped-in retail music would be. It was while auditing the signage for the weekly ads on Sunday mornings that I was first […]
Every year brings its share of unlikely reunions, some welcome, some not so much. But this year sees three reunions from acts that few but the most devoted fans were even aware had broken up, or that they’d ever existed all that much outside of a semi-forgotten hit or two. Coincidentally, they each represent one of the last three decades of alternative pop and rock.
The most recently broken up of the three groups […]
Good Old War is a scruffy folk trio from Philadelphia, formed in 2007 by lead singer Keith Goodwin with drummer/accordionist Tim Arnold (his former bandmate in Days Away, who recorded a single album for the Fueled By Ramen label in 2005) and guitarist Dan Schwartz. Citing influences like Simon & Garfunkel and Crosby, Stills, and Nash, the trio create songs that feel sweetly intimate with meticulously blended three part harmonies. Check out this […]