Download or stream Samuel Locke Ward official bootleg/live album
Hope you had a fine Thanksgiving feast, if you do those. I retreated to my parents’ place in Bloomington, WI (in the obscure southwesterly Grant county) for about three and a half days, which is always...
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Samuel Locke-Ward: “Barely Regal Beagles”
It’s getting that time of the year when music-writing types come up with their annual top-n lists. But lately I think annual top-n lists kinda suck. Marc Hogan kinda gets what I’m talking about. I...
View ArticleSam’s on the Bandcamp train
Via Facebook this morning: Ongoing project: putting all SLW albums up for free streaming and pay what you want mp3 downloads on bandcamp. More soon… http://samuellockeward.bandcamp.com/ Awesome! Now I...
View ArticleMiracles Of God announce new shows
The songwriting team-up of Samuel Locke-Ward and Jason Hennesy at the center of the band Miracles Of God is just one of those few things in the universe that makes total sense. It’s a bit of a pity...
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The cassette comeback and the Decorah show
Around this time last year when I saw Druids selling their excellent Pray For Water EP on cassette at the Gross Domestic Product festival, I still thought the touted “comeback” of the cassette format...
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Joe Jack Talcum & The Powders / Samuel Locke Ward & The Boo Hoos : “Just Add...
This article wraps up a trilogy highlighting recent releases by four artists who are touring together at this very moment: Joe Jack Talcum, Samuel Locke-Ward, Coolzey, and The Bassturd. This show hits...
View ArticleIf you don’t like rock and roll, well it’s too late now
The second episode of Metal Up Your Tap: Des Moines Chapter was this past Friday. It’s a pretty cool event, but it does get me thinking about what defines “metal” these days. The term seems to have...
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Cop Bar: “No Justice Just Law”
It’s a dangerous proposition for someone who’s made their name outside heavy music circles to come out and say “I’m going to do a metal thing now,” especially with the sudden rise in hipster attention...
View Article2011 is long over
SLW/ Toby Goodshank split 7" EP by Samuel Locke Ward Samuel Locke Ward/Toby Goodshank split 7″ Three short lo-fi tunes each from two anti-folk heroes. First, Sam’s trademark mix of soaring melodies...
View ArticleHolding back the year…
Recently my laptop pretty much died — well, the display went out, it mostly “runs” otherwise; I can connect to it on the network — it was getting mighty old anyway and I found a suitable replacement....
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