Douglas Martin is considering a move to Baltimore. Maybe. We all have our preconceived notions of what great artists do and how they go about adding to their canon of great work. I think the most important thing an enduring artist can do is fuck with the expectations of their audience while satisfying themselves creatively.… Continue reading »
Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Douglas Martin. Dum Dum Girls covered them. At the height of their popularity, The Shins titled a noisy 56-second song after Pam Berry. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart should have to have their Slumberland paychecks garnished and paid back to the band they bit their whole style from. For… Continue reading »
Douglas Martin has finally returned from an exclusive summit, where he drank limited-edition microbrews with Waldo, Carmen Sandiego, Machiavelli, and the members of Eat Skull. He is happy to be back. In spite of my absence from the music writing world for the past couple of months in favor of occupying myself with mental restoration… Continue reading »
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Douglas Martin owns Dune on Laserdisc. As far as ridiculously publicized micro-scenes go, The Smell’s Graduating Class of 2008 was a treasure trove for lovers of weird guitar music. Drone music wunderkinds (Infinite Body) and looped out experimentalists (Lucky Dragons) occupied the same space as some of the most forward (and backward) thinking punk bands… Continue reading »
Douglas Martin once quit a band called the Mansiere. It’s excruciatingly difficult to take an angle on a band like The Men. They’re a quartet of punk dudes rapidly approaching thirty who make exactly the kind of music you’d expect from a quartet of punk dudes rapidly approaching thirty. They come from a bygone era… Continue reading »
Douglas Martin also likes Razor Ramone(s). In a scene of The Wire pretty much only pivotal to rock nerds, Jimmy McNulty famously asked, “What the hell is wrong with the Ramones?” Well, what the hell is wrong with the Ramones? (Author’s Note: I’m mostly asking this question rhetorically, but am fully aware someone will take… Continue reading »
No, Douglas Martin didn’t coin the name for this band. Or did he? I strongly recommend against watching this video if you have any qualms with the following: Tight jeans, bike messengers, C’s 81 and 86, matching dresses, Mickey Mouse ears, light homoeroticism, vintage Cramps t-shirts, mini-binoculars, pillow fights, Talulah Gosh, Vespa scooters, Girl Scout… Continue reading »
Cloud Nothings do not qualify as Douglas Martin Music. 1. If you could go from lo-fi guitar pop to mall-punk to Serious Punk Musician That Everybody Should Take Seriously in about two-and-a-half years, wouldn’t you prefer to have a wider template than Wipers and emocore? 2. Are we witnessing the Great Emo Revival of 2012?… Continue reading »
Mirel Wagner – No Death from Aki Roukala on Vimeo. Mirel Wagner, a Finnish singer/songwriter born in Ethiopia. A voice and an acoustic guitar. A dark room with one window and one mirror. A lover whose hair smells like mud, whose kiss is marked by the taste of a rotten tongue. An eerie blend of… Continue reading »
Douglas Martin was in the Sandbox-era lineup of Guided by Voices. He was the greatest four-year-old bassist in indie-rock history. No need to put the word classic in scare-quotes. Between 1994 and 1996, the lineup of Guided by Voices released some immeasurably great output. If most pop-rock bands had the opportunity to slap their name… Continue reading »
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