Chicago's A Lull release "Confetti"

Release date: April 12th, 2011
Genre: alternative rock, experimental, indie

Seeing as I'm to embark shortly on a 9-hour bus ride to the Windy City, it's only appropriate to make listeners aware of A Lull, a stylistically distinctive three-piece band... I'll call it a subtle gothic tang, if you will. The vocals possess a sad, emotional quality, while persistent percussive sound is nearly overbearing. Nonetheless, it is successful.

First love? The distortion and ambiguous opening lyric ("it's growing, it's growing") on "Water & Beasts" are irresistible.

As well, a gem via Altered Zones:

download Tjutjuna's "Songer Dance" here

A human experience, through audio.

Despite its title, the Drop covers all genres, including EDM. It focussed primarily on the local Toronto scene until 2013, after which most of my written music coverage shifted to The B-Side, a publication friends and I founded at UC Berkeley. During that time, this page has held more poetry and personal musings, but as of 2017, I'm back to covering what I did best here -- new and unique sounds.

Kindly direct all inquiries and material to jo@dropmeinthemiddle.com.