| Douglas Martin’s Dirty Shoes: The Original Faces and the Blurry Intrigue of Helen | September 11, 2015 |
Grouper's Liz Harris and friends Joe Bindeman and Scott Simmons, combine to make one of the most immersive noise-pop records in recent memory.
The Best Band in Seattle enlist Ty Segall on production and go full Beast Mode.
Vonderkühn sings like a young Kim Deal or Ty Segall with a higher register
| Douglas Martin’s Dirty Shoes: Little Buddha and the Impending Greatness of Spaceships | March 12, 2015 |
Spaceships' Little Buddha is an early contender for the Dirty Shoes Year-End List
Regal Degal's new video puts the post-punk in the sarcophagus.
| Douglas Martin’s Dirty Shoes: Viet Cong’s Estrangement From Women | January 28, 2015 |
Formerly the band Women, Viet Cong's impressive momentum has Douglas Martin smiling like a proud dad watching his only son who made it.
| “Guys Wanted to Talk to You in Bars About Nirvana More Often”: An Interview with The Vaselines | January 22, 2015 |
Douglas Martin speaks with the influential band from Glasgow on destroying and rebuilding themselves.
When he's not covering the best indie rock music in America, Douglas Martin is throwing steel chairs at heels.
| Douglas Martin’s Dirty Shoes: Viet Cong – “Silhouettes” | January 7, 2015 |
Douglas Martin is half Birdman, half Michael Keaton as Birdman Much in the tradition of the band from which they sprang — the still-sorely-missed Women (still-sorely-missed by me, that is) –– Viet Cong is a band rooted in darkness. It’s safe to say any band with the chutzpah to name themselves Viet Cong probably aren’t going to be adjoined […]
| Douglas Martin’s Dirty Shoes: The Dirty 30 of 2014 | December 23, 2014 |
Douglas Martin chose thirty great songs for 2014. THIRTY! (c) Danny Brown
