Category: Music
New Music: “Happy Yet” from Bleeding Hearts Featuring Bob Stinson
Good news for Replacements fans – you haven’t heard your last blast of Bob Stinson’s guitar. You get the first volley, “Happy Yet,”...... Read More
S2EP4 – Musician Rob Kovacs
At first glance, Rob Kovacs seems to have wildly divergent interests in music. His latest album, Let Go, is lush and rhythmic piano...... Read More
S2EP2 – Musician Jenee Halstead
Being an artist often means you spend your life looking for a place that feels right, finding it, and then leaving it as...... Read More
S2EP1 – Comedian and Daily Show Writer Josh Johnson
I first spoke to Johnson in 2019 for The Boston Globe, and back then he was already an established headlining comic with a...... Read More
The Department of Tangents Podcast – A Brief (Re)Introduction
Season Two of the Department of Tangents Podcast coming Tuesday June 29! Six episodes, guests are comedians Josh Johnson and Jon Rineman, Stay...... Read More
The DoT EP112: Paul Hansen of The Grownup Noise On New Music, New Instruments, and Some Personal History
Welcome back to the Department of Tangents Podcast, a special new episode with Paul Hansen of The Grownup Noise. You may have noticed...... Read More
The Artist Check-In Podcast EP3 – Don White, Musician, Storyteller, Author
My day job is talking to artists for different publications, which means I know a lot of people whose livelihoods have been impacted...... Read More
The Artist Check-In Podcast EP2 – Chris Johnson, Musician, Sound Engineer
The Artist Check-In is a limited series of conversations with comedians, musicians, authors, and creative people about how they are handling, personally and...... Read More
Artist Spotlight: The Incredible Casuals Say “Let’s Get Better”
Chandler Travis has released music in an impressive range of styles with his different ensembles, including the Chandler Travis Philharmonic, The Catbirds, and...... Read More
Artist Spotlight: The Rivergods’ “Yankee Rant (Stay)”
As I said in the previous post, it’s a good day to stock up on music from your favorite indie artists. BandCamp is...... Read More
Artist Spotlight: Pre-Order Molly Pinto Madigan’s The Ballad of Tam Lin
It’s a good day to stock up on music from your favorite indie artists. BandCamp is waiving its fees today (Friday, March 20)...... Read More
DoT Minicast: Lou Gramm On the Foreigner Reunion, New Music Coming Up, and Living in Rochester
I know I have said this podcast is on hiatus for the year, and technically, it is. I’m developing new ideas, both for...... Read More
DHFF 2019: Bootsy and Buckethead Serve Up Some “Monster Mash”
Every day through October, the Department of Tangents brings you the Daily Horror Film Fest – one short horror film for every day...... Read More
DHFF 2019: Get A Taste of “Halloweenilicious”
Every day through October, the Department of Tangents brings you the Daily Horror Film Fest – one short horror film for every day...... Read More
DoT EP111: Lamont Price On the Joy of Halloween and Horror, Plus New Music from Even Twice
This is the Department of Tangents special joy of Halloween and horror episode with Lamont Price. I love Halloween, and so does Price....... Read More
DoT EP109: Sue Costello On Staying Positive, Sexism, CBS, and Simmah Down, Plus New Music From Rebecca Turner
Sue Costello is someone I saw early on in Boston, specifically playing a show organized by Jimmy Tingle that featured Costello, Patrice Oneal,...... Read More
DHFF 2019: Tuneful “Hateful Goo”
Every day through October, the Department of Tangents brings you the Daily Horror Film Fest – one short horror film for every day...... Read More
DoT EP108: Dave Ross On Smart and Dumb Comedy, Punk, Masculinity, and Kale, Plus Newly-Released Early Dead Kennedys Music
Dave Ross has a fantastic new album out now called The Only Man Who Has Ever Had Sex. You can download it, but...... Read More
DoT EP107: Mike Watt on Jumpstarted Plowhards, The Minutemen, and Keeping the Creative Juices Flowing, Plus New Comedy from Dave Ross
Mike Watt is a bona fide punk rock legend. And he probably hates being described like that. His work with The Minutemen and...... Read More
DoT EP106: Author David Demchuk On Strangeness, Folklore, Queerness, and Monstrosity, Plus New Music from Jumpstarted Plowhards
David Demchuk’s first novel, The Bone Mother, came highly recommended to me at NECON this year by Matt Moore, whom I interviewed in...... Read More
DoT EP105: Steve Poltz On Songwriting, Goat Singing, Spirituality, Tom Cruise, and Much More, Plus New Music from Secret Shame
I have met my tangenting match. I went into this interview, backstage at the legendary Club Passim in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with a slate...... Read More
DoT EP104: Author Matt Moore on Personal Apocalypse, Brevity, and Brain Chemistry, plus New Music from Steve Poltz
This is the third and final interview I recorded at NECON 2019, which I have previously described as a mashup of a horror...... Read More
DoT EP103: Horror Author and Editor Scott Goudsward on Zombies, Vampires, and Indie Publishing, plus New Music from Reverse
This is the second interview I recorded at this year’s NECON conference, which is part horror author’s conference and part summer camp. It...... Read More
DoT EP102: Writer Pornsak Pichetshote and Artist Aaron Campbell on Xenophobia and Horror in Infidel, plus New Music from Landroid
Pornsak Pichetshote edited other people’s books for DC for years before he attempted to write his own. He didn’t give himself an easy...... Read More
DoT EP101: Why Save MAD? with Michael Gerber and Ian Scott McGregor, plus New Music from Twin Peaks
In early July, rumors started to surface that MAD Magazine was going to cease publishing new material and just reprint old stuff with...... Read More
DoT EP100: J. Edwin Buja On His Debut Novel, King of the Wood, Plus New Music from TC&I (formerly of XTC)
This is episode 100 of the podcast, and I thought about doing some sort of compilation of previous interviews, as I’ve done a...... Read More
DoT EP98: Blood On Black Wax Authors Aaron Lupton and Jeff Szpirglas Talk Horror Movie Music, Plus New Music From Miss June
I had been thinking a lot about how sound – the score and incidental music – effect the mood and even the story...... Read More
DoT EP97: Lucy Isabel On Being a Jersey Girl in Nashville, Leaving Acting for Music, and Her Debut Album, Plus Live Tracks!
If things had worked out as Lucy Isabel had originally planned, she would be firmly planted in New York right now, using the...... Read More