mystery lawn music Archive
17 Jun 2015
Album Review: The Orange Peels — Begin the Begone
On Begin the Begone, the sixth album from northern California pop group The Orange Peels, the group continues to redefine its stylistic parameters while still crafting that winning ear-candy pop […]
18 May 2015
The Corner Laughers Let the Music Do the Selling
It’s a source of some mild amusement that when I Google “corner laughers,” the right-hand side of the resulting screen lists a number of the Bay Area group’s songs as […]
12 Sep 2014
Everything Comes Together: The Paul & John Interview, Part Three
Continued from Part Two… The album that would become Inner Sunset was announced in 2013, but the project’s gestation was a lengthy process, especially when compared to the quick, DIY […]
11 Sep 2014
Everything Comes Together: The Paul & John Interview, Part Two
Continued from Part One… Speaking of the process of songwriting, the songs on The Paul & John‘s Inner Sunset are truly the product of a collaborative approach between Paul Myers […]
10 Sep 2014
Everything Comes Together: The Paul & John Interview, Part One
Music lovers who appreciate highly melodic and memorable rock-based songs – the kind of instantly hummable tunes that stick in your head long after the song is over – should […]
02 May 2014
Album Review: Marshall Holland and the Etceteras
The name of this act – Marshall Holland and the Etceteras is a rock-pop red herring: every sound you’ll hear on this delightful record was produced by Holland himself. The […]
30 Aug 2013
Album Review: Agony Aunts – Big Cinnamon
Readers of a certain age will remember an early Saturday Night Live faux commercial for a product called Shimmer. It was, we were told, both a floor wax and a […]
08 May 2013
The Orange Peels’ Adventures in Modern Recording (and Marketing, and Manufacturing, and…) Part Two
Continued from Part One… “And,” Clapp summarizes, “That’s what we’ve done ever since. We’re not going to become indebted to a label. If they want to help us out, and […]
07 May 2013
The Orange Peels’ Adventures in Modern Recording (and Marketing, and Manufacturing, and…) Part One
The Orange Peels have been releasing albums for sixteen years; Sun Moon is their fifth album. On all of their earlier albums, the cover art incorporated the color orange. Yet […]
02 Apr 2013
Album Review: Jim Ruiz Set – Mount Curve Avenue
Mystery Lawn Music has become associated with a particular kind of music; in broadest terms, it’s highly tuneful, melodic sunshine-y pop. (Look for a feature/interview featuring Allen Clapp, of the […]
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