Feature: Rediscover “The For Carnation” December 1, 2020 “Now when I fall to earth, I hear applause/ I love to hear applause,” Brian McMahan sings, suggesting various readings, on “Emp. Man’s Blues,”… Continue Reading
Review: Skeletons – “If The Cat Come Back” September 15, 2020 Matt Mehlan, leader of the self-described Skeletons b(r)and, has carved an underground career out of loose-limbed but densely constructed polyrhythmic rock-art that in its… Continue Reading
Feature: Bandcamp in the COVID-19 Era May 1, 2020 Bandcamp is a drug for music lovers and knowing that your support directly buttresses the performers’ work – on May 1, mind you, without… Continue Reading
Review: Cabane – “Grande Est La Maison” March 14, 2020 There are only so many tablespoons of sugar you can put into your tea or coffee before it’s just sugar, with a spot or… Continue Reading
Justin Vellucci’s Top Ten Records I Reviewed This Year — 2018 Edition December 16, 2018 Well, here it is, Mr. December, yet another year, yet another year-ending list. And what more can be said? We want to be free…. 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: Tango With Lions – “The Light” March 5, 2018 The acoustic guitar scales dance with trickles of piano and the occasional tip-tip-tapping of drums, singer-songwriter Katerina Papachristou’s breathy vocals leading the way. It… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Sir Richard Bishop – “Tangier Sessions” February 17, 2015 This is the story of a man and the guitar that took hold of him. The man styles himself Sir Richard Bishop, a Phoenix-bred… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Bonnie “Prince” Billy – “Mindlessness” / “Blindlessness” January 29, 2015 The third single from Bonnie “Prince” Billy’s Singer’s Grave A Sea of Tongues, out on Drag City and available on iTunes this week, is… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Bonnie “Prince” Billy – Singer’s Grave A Sea of Tongues November 13, 2014 Singer-songwriter Will Oldham, that old Palace ring-leader turned “Prince,” just has released a new collection of emotive acoustics titled Singer’s Grave A Sea of… Continue Reading
