Andrew Howie

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Andrew Howie is a Midwestern treasure who isn't exactly sure how to talk about himself without being sarcastic and self-deprecating. His music taste is pretentious and he wants to tell you all about it.

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard’s “Flying Microtonal Banana” is a Brilliant Mashing of Genre, Sound & Melody

Andrew Howie - March 29, 2017

Written by Andrew Howie In a music world as oversaturated as our current scene, it can be difficult to establish a musical group as something...

Breaking Down Bonnaroo – How This Year’s Line-up Stacks Up

Andrew Howie - January 13, 2017

Written by Andrew Howie Breaking Down Bonnaroo - How This Year's Line-up Stacks Up It’s a new year, and with it comes new music! As always,...

Album Review: Umphrey’s McGee, ‘Zonkey’

Andrew Howie - November 29, 2016

Written by Andrew Howie Umphrey’s McGee has been hailed as one of the finer jam bands to headline the scene lately; their unique and heavy...

Album Review: Jim James, ‘Eternally Even’

Andrew Howie - November 22, 2016

Written by Andrew Howie James Edward Olliges, Jr. (better known by his stage name, Jim James), is the dynamic, lion-haired, angel-voiced mastermind behind My Morning...

Album Review: The Orb, ‘COW/Chill Out, World!’

Andrew Howie - October 31, 2016

Written by Andrew Howie If you’ve read any of my latest columns, I’ve mentioned my love of downtempo, lo-fi electronica. Chillwave, whatever you want to...

Album Review: Vulfpeck, ‘The Beautiful Game’

Andrew Howie - October 27, 2016

Written by Andrew Howie I just saw Vulfpeck for the first time at LOCKN’ a couple months ago, and I’ve written about them before; they...

Album Review: Bob Weir, ‘Blue Mountain’

Andrew Howie - October 14, 2016

Written by Andrew Howie Bob Weir is in a category of his own. As one of the founding members of the Grateful Dead, he has...

Album Review: Phish, ‘Big Boat’

Andrew Howie - October 11, 2016

Written by Andrew Howie So Phish recently released their newest studio album, Big Boat. In the annals of bands who “you have to see live...

Album Review: Every Time I Die, ‘Low Teens’

Andrew Howie - October 11, 2016

Written by Andrew Howie If you’ve read my column before, you know I lean more towards prog-rock, jam bands, psychedelia, jazz, basically anything that’s never...

Album Review: TAUK, ‘Sir Nebula’

Andrew Howie - September 26, 2016

Written by Andrew Howie I first heard about TAUK in my early college years. They’ve made a fairly meteoric rise since then, touring all over...

Album Review: The Dear Hunter, ‘Act V: Hymns With the Devil in Confessional’

Andrew Howie - September 23, 2016

Written by Andrew Howie The Dear Hunter is one of the most intriguing groups around right now. Formed by multi-instrumentalist Casey Crescenzo, formerly of The...