The first Christmas song of the season from los grillos certainly has its roots in the oft-derided novelty song genre, but Tom Heinl‘s fiery tale of an ill-fated tree, “Christmas Tree on Fire,” has enough of his singular comedic voice to help the song rise above it’s roots to something … Read More →
HIVE What would you do inside me? You would be utterly lost, labyrinthine comb, each corridor identical, a funhouse, there, a bridge, worker knit to worker, a span you can’t cross. On the other side the queen, a fortune of honey. Once we filled an … Read More →
Hey metal heads–lookin’ for a place to get your metal video fix? Check out Big Papa Motor’s youtube channel. It’s got a bong-ful of headbangin’ hits from hair metal heroes like Cinderella and Ratt to metal masters like Megadeth and Slayer to current carriers of the … Read More →
Christmas comes early to los grillos in the form of the great Ennio Morricone via my good friend Alex who sent over grillos way Morricone’s original score (on lp!) for the 1969 French crime thriller, Le Clan Des Siciliens, from directer Henri Verneuil. In an accompanying note, Alex had … Read More →
Must Be the Season of the List!
As 2010 winds down and onward toward 2011, it’s the time of the season for music obsessives to surround themselves with stacks of albums while painstakingly compiling year end top artist, album and song lists. Here at los grillos we’ve yet to compile our own list, but we have been … Read More →