REVIEW: Loscil – “Suns” EP October 12, 2017 The songs are sparse exercises in stoicism at times, but – like most Loscil recordings, it seems – there’s a lot percolating beneath the… Continue Reading
REVIEW: The Patient/Breathers – “Extension” b/w “Colony Of Taste” October 5, 2017 Elephant 6, indeed. Athens, Ga. groups The Patient and Breathers do their respective idioms some justice on a too-short, split 7-inch single out last… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Godspeed You! Black Emperor – “Luciferian Towers” September 22, 2017 It’s starting to become the definition of stasis. Godspeed You! Black Emperor released a new LP, Luciferian Towers, the band’s sixth, today on Constellation… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Aaron Myers-Brooks – “Conduits” September 20, 2017 Experimental guitarist Aaron Myers-Brooks, on loan from Pittsburgh post-metal outfit Night Vapor, slants toward the “avant” in avant-jazz on Conduits, the third EP he has self-released in… Continue Reading
REVIEW: David Grubbs – “Creep Mission” September 19, 2017 It starts with the guitar and the guitar alone, amplified slightly but not distorted, its complicated figures as crystalline as frosted glass. It advances,… Continue Reading
REVIEW: The National – “Sleep Well Beast” September 15, 2017 For the better part of the last two decades, The National has been providing me and others like me with the soundtrack for our… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Radon Chong – “I Keep On Talking To You” September 7, 2017 Captain Beefheart devotees, rejoice! Shape-shifter Don van Vliet might be deceased but his spirit – and that of his ever-evolving Magic Band – is… Continue Reading
REVIEW: astrid & Rachel Grimes – “Through The Sparkle” September 1, 2017 Man, that’s devastating! If the reverb-drenched guitar on this record’s second track doesn’t move you to tremble with tears, then the soaring strings on… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Adam Gnade – “Life Is The Meat Grinder That Sucks In All Things” August 25, 2017 Indie writer/musician Adam Gnade is a lot like Neutral Milk Hotel’s beautific, canonical “Oh Comely;” he makes you feel resilient and centered as life… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Iron & Wine – “Beast Epic” August 25, 2017 Much pomp and circumstance has been made about Sam Beam returning in 2017 to the form of his early years. But while Iron &… Continue Reading
