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
REVIEW: Pabst/Autisti – “Exciter” b/w “Dealbreaker” August 24, 2017 There’s plenty of guitar fuzz and feedback featured on the Pabst/Autisti split seven-inch single, out next Friday on Crazysane Records. Pabst opens the proceedings… Continue Reading
PROFILE: Soda Club (2017) August 23, 2017 It starts with the muted, chikka-chikka strum of a Fender Telecaster electric guitar and the clacking metronome of drumsticks, while riffing on a slight,… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Wilt – “Hand Mirror” August 11, 2017 Portland’s Taylor Malsey presents listeners with some warbled tunes and an inviting, warm blanket of melancholia on the excellent Wilt debut Hand Mirror, out… Continue Reading
REVIEW: The Lumes – “Envy” August 10, 2017 There’s this moment on Envy – the new six-song EP from Rotterdam’s The Lumes, out soon on Crazysane Records – that you’ve gotta hear…. Continue Reading
REVIEW: Dead Cross – S/T August 4, 2017 Mike Patton has never fronted a band like this. The Faith No More frontman, known by most of the populace alive in the 80s… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Dale Crover – “The Fickle Finger of Fate” August 4, 2017 Dale Crover is positively chameleonic – as if any of us would expect anything less – on The Fickle Finger of Fate, his “debut”… Continue Reading
