Archive for the 'Shortstack' Category

What the fuck is a listening party anyway? I always thought it was just a bunch of kids smoking l’s, sitting around a record player with a new vinyl, eating cheetos and geeking out. Apparently, I’m an idiot. Last night’s listening party for Shortstack’s The Covers EP showed me on what I’d [...]


FEBRUARY 1ST AT THE BLACK CAT! THE party of the decade!  Make sure you’re there to see local rockers Shortstack release their Covers EP, with songs covered from The Kinks, Captain Beefheart, The Pupils, and more!  In fact, I had a chance to sit down with Adrian Carroll and Burleigh Seaver, singer and guitarists of Shortstack [...]


Making a cover of a song is a very delicate art, and as such, must be approached very carefully. One has to keep authentic what the artist’s main aim was with the song, including style, tone and voicing, but can’t just play the song themselves the exact same way. It has to be [...]