Review: Directions – “Echoes” (Anniversary Edition) September 13, 2021 A seemingly incidental sliver of indie music history is being given the special edition re-release treatment by Temporary Residence, and God bless the label… Continue Reading
Review: Eluvium – “Virga II” August 24, 2021 When ambient composer Matthew Cooper released Virga I in December 2019 – ages ago, as the world turns – he had no reason to foresee what… Continue Reading
Review: Mogwai – “As the Love Continues” February 24, 2021 “Mogwai have advanced without a plan since they were teenagers; there have been no secretive meetings to work out the master plan.” So begins… Continue Reading
Review: Tangents – “Timeslips” September 8, 2020 While the Australian band Tangents most definitely unfurls its life-story with the heartbeat of a collective, drummer Evan Dorrian remains the group’s frontman, if one were… Continue Reading
Review: Inventions – “Continuous Portrait” June 5, 2020 After some laughter, the song “Hints and Omens” begins with a swirling sci-fi refrain, a keyboard-pulsing “space-themed” trill that could be a stand-in for… Continue Reading
Video Premiere: Rachel Grimes – “For So Long” October 14, 2019 Rachel Grimes is a Louisville-based musician who was a founding member of post-classical chamber ensemble Rachel’s (incidentally, not named after her) and, since the… Continue Reading
Profile: Rachel Grimes (2019) October 7, 2019 It starts, appropriately, by rolling on the seams of piano keys. “There is something/ got ahold of me/ and it won’t let go,” the… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Watter – “History of the Future” October 20, 2017 Watter – a Louisville post-rock band that’s high in promise due to its parentage, if nothing else – simply fails to deliver on the… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Christian Frederickson, Jason Noble and Ryan Rumery – “The Painted Bird / Amidst” January 24, 2017 I cannot stop listening to The Painted Bird / Amidst, a carefully self-released affair that is, without question, the most riveting and enveloping record… Continue Reading
