For a handful of reasons, I’m feeling rather strongly that January has got to go. First off, it’s been damn cold, and I don’t use that kind ...

The Crying Light by Antony & The Johnsons could practically be a redefinition of the term "mood music". I’ve owned a copy no...

The prestigious title of Tallest Man On Earth, according to Guinness , belongs to Xi Shun, who nearly stands a very impressive 8 ½ feet tall...

David Shane Smith would make a great science fiction writer, and I don’t mean the child-fantasy light sabers and spaceships kind. Instead, ...

One of the most welcome musical surprises I’ve received lately was getting some new music in an unsolicited email from Aaron Young & His...

Long time PHW favorites The Roadside Graves have completed the follow up to their 2007 breakthrough, and one of that year’s best albums , N...

Props to Muzzle of Bees for pointing the way toward the lovely, aching “End In Flames” from Strand of Oaks . The song’s quiet mix of pianos...

The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart have a lot going for them right now - energy, buzz, looks, locale, & youth, to name a few. Best of all...

Schwervon! is a New York couple (not trying to hide it or pass themselves off as brother & sister) who are preparing the release of the...

Two classic songs remade to fit the times. Both videos were made last year (and previously posted on PHW) as Barack Obama was campaigning ac...

The upcoming release from the Red Hot Organization, Dark Was The Night , is slated for February 17 through 4AD Records . The release was pro...

Soft Black , the NY folk-rock band led by singer/songwriter Vincent Cacchione , is getting ready to release The Earth Is Black , the follow ...