Review: Will Oldham – “Songs of Love and Horror” October 26, 2018 Songs of Love and Horror — a new LP, out alongside a tome of lyrics last week via Drag City, wherein the acclaimed singer-songwriter… Continue Reading
Review: Colin Mawson – “Death of the Ego” October 25, 2018 It begins in isolation: a descending piano line, a star-twinkle gradually picking up speed as it traverses the lonely sky. The song – the… Continue Reading
Review: Uboa – “The Sky May Be” October 25, 2018 I haven’t heard a record this year that sounds like it has as much acid running through its veins as The Sky May Be,… Continue Reading
Review: Jessica Moss – “Entanglement” October 18, 2018 The violin can be a beautiful thing and there are surely moments on Entanglement – sound artist/Silver Mt Zion member Jessica Moss’ sophomore outing,… Continue Reading
Review: Peel Dream Magazine – “Modern Meta Physic” October 17, 2018 Peel Dream Magazine, a fuzzy-eared nod, in part, to BBC man-about-town John Peel, makes pillowy, fey and sometimes borderline-experimental pop. And on the group’s… Continue Reading
Review: The Jacob Duncan Quintet – “It’s Alright To Dream” October 17, 2018 I just feel cool, like everything’s alright, when I’m listening to Jacob Duncan, don’t you? Well, thankfully for all of us who like feeling… Continue Reading
Review: HHY & The Macumbas – “Beheaded Totem” October 4, 2018 Dub filtered through with tribal polyrhythms and a touch of mysticism is the name of the game on Beheaded Totem, the sophomore LP from… Continue Reading
Review: Mudhoney – “Digital Garbage” September 30, 2018 Mudhoney, which is now running strong past its 30th year of existence, has never really been that topical. (I mean, c’mon, “Touch Me, I’m Sick”… Continue Reading
Review: Low – “Double Negative” September 30, 2018 Every time I listen to Double Negative — the unsettling and ambitious new record from Low, out recently via Sub Pop – I am… Continue Reading
Review: Iron & Wine – “Weed Garden” September 7, 2018 I don’t know what to make of Sam Beam’s latest outing, an Iron & Wine EP titled, cleverly if mockingly, Weed Garden. (It was… Continue Reading