{"id":693,"date":"2002-09-12T02:26:00","date_gmt":"2002-09-12T02:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/?p=693"},"modified":"2024-03-27T02:27:01","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T02:27:01","slug":"mike-johnson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/?p=693","title":{"rendered":"Mike Johnson"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsreview.com\/media\/images\/articles\/featured\/2020\/07\/13103-01.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Although Mike Johnson\u2019s CV includes time with Dinosaur Jr., you\u2019d never guess his background after listening to the opening track, the haunting yet lovely \u201cArise.\u201d Surrounding his lovely, deep baritone voice is a capable band, featuring members of Duster and Built to Spill, which intuits the inherent vibe of his music. Johnson\u2019s mates, particularly bassist Jim Roth and drummer Jason Albertini, show considerable patience and depth, as evidenced on such tracks as \u201cNames\u201d and \u201cHidden Away.\u201d This, Johnson\u2019s latest, stacks up well against Lambchop\u2019s or even early Tindersticks\u2019 works; it exudes a warmth unlike any of his earlier recordings. Fans of Swans\u2019 Michael Gira or even the depressing Calla will enjoy Johnson\u2019s drone. Like digging into his personal belongings,\u00a0<em>What Would You Do<\/em>\u00a0is as much a telling biography as it is a lasting listening experience. Introspection for misguided youth? You bet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(SN&amp;R)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although Mike Johnson\u2019s CV includes time with Dinosaur Jr., you\u2019d never guess his background after listening to the opening track, the haunting yet lovely \u201cArise.\u201d Surrounding his lovely, deep baritone voice is a capable band, featuring members of Duster and Built to Spill, which intuits the inherent vibe of his music. Johnson\u2019s mates, particularly bassist [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=693"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":694,"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693\/revisions\/694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}