Feature: Holy Hell! ‘Insignificance’ is 20 December 3, 2021 What seemed a departure 20 years ago, another dramatic shift in tone and timbre, today seems like a bit of put-on. Or was it?… Continue Reading
Review: Ramona Cordova – “Naive” July 6, 2021 Home recording has been a blessing to the indie world, a truly democratizing force in a musical toolkit constructed out of DIY ethos. Yes,… Continue Reading
Review: Bill Callahan – “Gold Record” September 1, 2020 Whether or not you’ll like Bill Callahan‘s new record – his second in two years – depends, in good part, on your opinion of his… Continue Reading
Review: Bibio – Sleep on the Wing June 10, 2020 The closing and 10th track off Bibio’s Sleep on the Wing, “Watching Thus, The Heron Is All Pool”, is arguably the new record’s finest moment…. Continue Reading
Review: Clara Engel – “Hatching Under the Stars” April 17, 2020 “To Keep the Ghost at Bay” opens Clara Engel’s new LP – their 28th release on Bandcamp, out digitally on 5 April – and it… Continue Reading
Review: Bill Callahan – “If You Could Touch Her At All” b/w “So Long, Marianne” November 22, 2019 Forever-smoggy Austin singer-songwriter Bill Callahan radiates an alarming amount of warmth on two new covers from the classic American songbook, out today via Drag… Continue Reading
Review: Tender Mercy – “War Within” October 1, 2019 Under the moniker Tender Mercy, musician Mark Kramer creates eerie and unnerving skeletons of songs out of little more than a few carefully plucked… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Yes Selma – “Songs of Happiness” October 13, 2017 When Chad Beattie, a 24-year-old from Baltimore, first told me about his bedroom project Yes Selma – a Dancer In The Dark nod –… 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
BOOK REVIEW: Bill Callahan – “I Drive A Valence: The Collected Lyrics” December 15, 2014 Singer-songwriter Bill Callahan might be known more for his early lo-fi aesthetic and morose Minimalist middle period than the pensive Leonard Cohen-isms of his… Continue Reading
