Tom Doz

Every morning I wake up and take a dull pencil to the dimple of my chin to ensure that it stays deep enough to utilize for everyday activities well into my old age. I call it shaping for the future. These activities include opening beer bottles, getting deep into those back massaging pressure points and storing Monopoly pieces. I also listen to music. I love music. Especially music that Employee hates.

Houndmouth, Little Neon Limelight, album review
Album Review

Houndmouth - Little Neon Limelight

Tom Doz | December 7, 2015
Any band that encourages me to use my dash board as a drum kit has officially earned their way into my heart. This is exactly what happened when I was listening to '15 Years' by Houndmouth and I almost completely lost control of myself mid-...
Coldplay, A Head Full Of Dreams, album review
Album Review

Coldplay - A Head Full Of Dreams

Tom Doz | December 7, 2015
"You know how I know you're gay? Because you like Coldplay." ...Thanks a lot Judd Apatow.  I know it's super easy to hate popular shit forced on us. I'm guilty of it too. Fuck Justin Bieber. (Seriously though, I can't understand how anybody...
Donna Missal, Keep Lying, Indie, soul
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One Song: Donna Missal - Keep Lying

Tom Doz | November 17, 2015
I remember it like it was yesterday.......well, because it was yesterday.....  As I dragged my cursor across my bookmarks toolbar on Chrome, I accidentally clicked into Hype Machine. I knew I clicked on something, but at the time I didn't know on what. In a...
Sam Cohen, Danger Mouse, Use Your Illusion, 30th Century
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One Song: Sam Cohen and Danger Mouse - Use Your Illusion

Tom Doz | November 16, 2015
I'm not going to beat around the hedge. I'm a whore for Danger Mouse. He produced my favorite Black Keys album. There's fucking Gnarls Barkley. There's fucking Broken Bells. There's that Dark Night Of The Soul album with Sparklehorse. I could...
TOPS, Hollow Sounds Of The Morning Chimes, indie, shoegaze
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One Song: TOPS - Hollow Sounds Of The Morning Chimes

Tom Doz | October 27, 2015
TOPS put out one of my favorite songs last year, a track called 'Outside'.  Fuck, this song held me close to its breast and wouldn't let me go. Listening to the warm wave of sensh synth is like being buried in your comforter in the morning...
Dilly Dally, The Promontory, Chicago, 10.21.15
Concert Review

Dilly Dally - The Promontory - Chicago - 10.21.15

Tom Doz | October 23, 2015
In Chicago most of the venues are on the North/Northwest side of the city. So when I heard that Dilly Dally was playing at The Promontory I was like 'I'm fucking going to that shit.....wait, where is The Promontory?'. For those of you from...
here we go magic, be small, indie rock, secretly canadian
Album Review

Here We Go Magic - Be Small

Tom Doz | October 21, 2015
I stopped going to fancy seafood restaurants.  It's not because I don't like seafood. In fact, I love seafood and it's almost always amazing at these fancy seafood restaurants. You just can't butter a halibut or pair seered tuna w/ Asian slaw quite like the...
Dilly Dally, Sore, album review, indie, grunge
Album Review

Dilly Dally - Sore

Tom Doz | October 14, 2015
I say that there are a lot of things I like about music, but the most important trait of a great band/artist is getting the listener's feelings to adapt to the feelings they are expressing. Because in the end, music is supposed to be art. And art is supposed...
Silversun Pickups, Better Nature, album review
Album Review

Silversun Pickups - Better Nature

Tom Doz | October 13, 2015
I'm going to admit to never being a Silversun Pickups fan. Simply because I just never sat down and listened to them. Shamefully, the only song I really know is 'Lazy Eye' and that is because I rocked the shit of it on Guitar Hero like 10...
Tiger Waves, In Retrograde (featuring Jana Horn), indie music, surf rock
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One Song: Tiger Waves - In Retrograde (featuring Jana Horn)

Tom Doz | October 13, 2015
This song is like going to a Halloween party and you decide to dress up as a cat. And then when you get there everybody else is dressed like a cat too. As everybody starts to take LSD the inner cat comes out and people start rubbing up against corners and...
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