![Aidan Baker](https://i0.wp.com/somewherecold.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/aidan_baker.jpg?resize=470%2C140&ssl=1)
by Brent How did you get your start in music? My parents are musicians, so it was sort of required that I take music lessons…
![Airiel: Frosted (Clairerecords, 2003)](https://i0.wp.com/somewherecold.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/wk_frosted_covers_edit.jpg?resize=375%2C140&ssl=1)
by Jason Techno influences from the 80’s are starting to crop up more and more in indie bands, and I, frankly, am glad for it….
![Odessa Chen: One Room Palace (Independent, 2003)](https://i0.wp.com/somewherecold.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Odessa-Chen.jpg?resize=470%2C140&ssl=1)
by Brent This cd just kills me. There are so many painfully real dichotomies present with this cd, it just isn’t fair. On the one…
![The Von Trapps: This is the Von Trapps (2002)](https://i0.wp.com/somewherecold.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/The-Von-Trapps.jpg?resize=400%2C140&ssl=1)
by Brent The Von Trapps, whose very name conjures up classic images of sing-along songs in the face of impending and approaching doom, are a…
![Viva Voce: Lovers, Lead the Way (Asthmatic Kitty, 2003)](https://i0.wp.com/somewherecold.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Viva-Voce-Lovers-Lead-the-Way.jpg?resize=470%2C140&ssl=1)
by Brent Ask any discriminating music listener what their biggest complaint of music today is, and you’ll likely get some variation of this answer: “There…
![The Tyde: Twice (Rough Trade America, 2003)](https://i0.wp.com/somewherecold.net/wp-content/uploads/2003/12/Tyde-Twice.jpg?resize=319%2C140&ssl=1)
by Jason Sunny beaches and rock and roll. This disc conjures up imagery of those two things. Twice makes me miss my youth when I…
![Richard Swift: The Novelist (Velvet Blue Music, 2003)](https://i0.wp.com/somewherecold.net/wp-content/uploads/2003/12/Swift-Novelist.jpg?resize=470%2C140&ssl=1)
by Jason I encountered this disc through my love of Frank Lenz‘ music. Knowing that Lenz was friends with Swift, I took a chance and…
![Sufjan Stevens: presents...Greetings From Michigan, The Great Lake State (Asthmatic Kitty, 2003)](https://i0.wp.com/somewherecold.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Sufja-Stevens-Michigan.jpg?resize=316%2C140&ssl=1)
by Brent Whimsical. Breathtaking. Aching. Intricate. All of these words could readily be used to describe the latest release from a musician/songwriter by the name…
![Songs: Ohia: Magnoia Electric (Secretly Canadian, 2003)](https://i0.wp.com/somewherecold.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Songs-Magnolia.jpg?resize=319%2C140&ssl=1)
by Jason I honestly have a mixed reaction to this album. It’s one of those discs that you know is fantastic but still does not…
![Sciflyer: Fair Weather Karma (Clairecords, 2003)](https://i0.wp.com/somewherecold.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Sciflyer-Weather.jpg?resize=297%2C140&ssl=1)
by Jason Shoegazer. Noise Pop. Space Rock. Whatever label you want to place on Sciflyer‘s sound, I would call it blissful, atmospheric, and intricate. There…