Dec
05

Douglas Martin’s Favorite Shoes: The Top Five Seven-Inch Singles of 2011

Maybe you’re a complete different from me. Perhaps you didn’t think that 2011 was an unspeakably good for music. Maybe you didn’t pull all-nighters narrowing down your favorite music of the year to a manageable– not concise, but manageable– length. Perhaps you didn’t have to tweak your lists dozens of times to make sure it… Continue reading »

Jun
07

Douglas Martin’s Dirty Shoes: Woods Stands in the Sun, Lays in the Shade

Douglas Martin is still waiting for Women and Wolf Parade to return, but Woods’ are helping palliate his sorrows. Nobody would have faulted Woods for taking a break. The Brooklyn band– whose Jeremy Earl runs frighteningly consistent indie label Woodsist, whose Jarvis Taveniere runs Rear House Studios, whose Kevin Norby plays in a number of… Continue reading »

Apr
28

Douglas Martin’s Dirty Shoes: There’s Something Rumbling Under Echo Lake

Douglas Martin can see the woods for the trees.  Jeremy Earl is a busy man. As the mastermind behind Woodsist, he’s quietly pushed the tiny, DIY, Brooklyn-based label to the forefront of the indie-rock landscape, spearheading the new wave of lo-fi bands flooding the marketplace and incubating for some of underground rock’s big-name groups (Vivian… Continue reading »