The Filthy Five (New Music Update)

This is just simply five tracks that got a coward’s (Dylan Bowker’s) seal of approval.  There’s no hierarchy here; it’s just a few songs that dropped in the last few days that I liked and posted in no particular order. Check out the cuts and tell me how you feel about them in the comments.…

Bowks Talking Bouts #6: Jesse from KEN Mode Gets Into The Art Of Calling People “Daddy”, Recording With The Man Who Cut Nirvana’s “In Utero”, What’s In His Current Rig, and So Much More!

I caught up over the phone with Jesse from KEN Mode. We got into the band’s recent EP “Nerve”, the evolution of the band’s sound over the years into more of a noise rock centric sound, being in a band with his brother, live full band recordings done off the floor as opposed to isolating…

Bowks Talking Bouts #5: Bender

I caught up with battle rapper, painter, and recording artist Bender.   We spoke over the phone about how he got into hip hop from an elementary school project, the psychology of battling, Bender possibly having a future battle against his mom, solo music efforts as well as projects with his group Flight Distance, hitting…

The Sandman’s Top Music Releases of 2016

1) Iggy Pop Post Pop Depression  2) Death Grips Bottomless Pit 3) Swans The Glowing Man 4) Sturgill Simpson A Sailor’s Guide to Earth 5) Aesop Rock The Impossible Kid 6) David Bowie Blackstar 7) Meshuggah The Violent Sleep of Reason 8) A Tribe Called Red We Are The Halluci Nation 9) Danny Brown Atrocity Exhibition  10) Miranda Lambert The Weight of These Wings 11) Chance The Rapper Coloring Book 12)…

Havoc FC 11 Full Card Preview

I spoke with Havoc FC’s Jesse Fox about the big card tomorrow. We discussed the combination of kickboxing and mixed-martial arts for this event, a match up between undefeated 145lbers, the amateur bouts on the card creating intrigue in terms of where one’s mental focus is when the cage door closes, the top of the…