Review: Greg Dulli – “Have Yourself A Merry, Little Christmas” December 14, 2018 In case you’ve been under a rock for the past 30 years, this just in: Greg Dulli’s a keeper, if he’d just allow us… Continue Reading
Review: Sarah Longfield – “Disparity” December 6, 2018 In terms of pure technique, Sarah Longfield’s a hell of a seven- and eight-string guitarist. Her new LP, Disparity, buttresses that thesis and then… Continue Reading
Review: Tenchio – “Bedroom Chaos of The Inner Noodle” December 4, 2018 Manuel Tenchio, who often just goes by the nom-de-guerre Tenchio, is a Uruguayan teenage guitar whiz who plays a kind of mutant math-thrash with… Continue Reading
Review: Calexico – “The Black Light: 20th Anniversary Edition” November 26, 2018 I don’t know if I’m old but this didn’t seem that long ago. And only old people say that. It was 1999, maybe 2000,… Continue Reading
Review: Christian Frederickson – “Islands of Light” November 2, 2018 There’s this piece of ephemera from the days of the Rachel’s ensemble that sticks to the attic of my mind like so much setting… Continue Reading
Review: Daughters – “You Won’t Get What You Want” November 1, 2018 Daughters, never a band to play it understated, returns as a beast both transformed and reborn in the Rhode Island quartet’s first release since… Continue Reading
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