Review: Damien Jurado – “The Monster Who Hated Pennsylvania” June 10, 2021 “The world is a liar/ the stars are a must.” So whispers the iconic singer-songwriter Damien Jurado on the opener to The Monster Who… Continue Reading
Feature: Holy Hell – “Very Soon, and In Pleasant Company” is 20! February 8, 2021 In a word, precision. The three years that separate Rodan’s Rusty (1994) from the Shipping News debut Save Everything (1997) gave Jeff Mueller and Jason Noble, the Louisville-bred… Continue Reading
Review: Pan-American – “A Son” November 11, 2019 A Son is the name of Chicagoan Mark Nelson’s latest release as Pan-American, out last week via Kranky. And, even by Pan-American standards, it… Continue Reading
Review: Mark Deutrom – “The Blue Bird” January 1, 2019 If most of Mark Deutrom’s new LP — The Blue Bird, kicking off 2019 Friday via Seasons of Mist — is any indication, the… Continue Reading
Review: Noemienours – “As A Beare Doth Her Whelps” September 5, 2018 The German guitar-composer Noemie Dal on Sept. 10 will release her third outing, a Bob Weston-mastered LP and digital release via Bandcamp, under the… Continue Reading
Review: J. Foley – “Drone Loops” May 7, 2018 Now, this is the way EXPERIMENTAL music is supposed to sound – epic, thought-provoking and loud! The Austerity Program guitarist J. Foley departs sonically… Continue Reading
Review: Dylan Carlson – “Conquistador” April 26, 2018 I know it’s utterly blasphemous to suggest in underground circles, but my first point of entry when listening to Dylan Carlson’s new “Conquistador,” the… Continue Reading
Review: Bellringer – “Stumble Bum/Triangular Object” January 9, 2018 No matter how much he loathes it, Texan and musical-firebrand Mark Deutrom forever might be inextricably linked with Melvins, the legendary Gods-of-Thunder quartet whose… Continue Reading
Review: Radon Chong – “I Keep On Talking To You” (x2) November 29, 2017 Radon Chong — a Pittsburgh act that crafts musical nooses out of knotted guitars — sets its sights high on I Keep on Talking to… 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
