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
Holy Hell: ‘Standards’ is 20 June 24, 2021 A standard reveals a specified level of quality, and is used to measure or model, to compare, to connote. In musical terms, it’s a… Continue Reading
Review: Coma World – S/T February 23, 2021 The British duo Coma World cites part of the inspiration for its debut LP as a friend’s recollections of being comatose. This little shred… Continue Reading
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: The Nels Cline Singers – “Share The Wealth” November 24, 2020 The acoustic guitar, in somewhat off-tempo 4/4, nestles a saxophone that pensively wails. In the distance, the jingle-jangle of incidental percussion provide a kind… 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: Monotrope – “Immutable Future” November 20, 2019 Monotrope’s new record is a wondrously dense thatch of black thorns and I love it for that. In case you’re just joining the show,… 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: Colin Mawson – “Death of the Ego” October 25, 2018 It begins in isolation: a descending piano line, a star-twinkle gradually picking up speed as it traverses the lonely sky. The song – the… Continue Reading
Review: Rob Ford Explorer – S/T April 19, 2018 Just wow. The new self-titled LP from Reno’s Rob Ford Explorer, out earlier this month, is a potent gem, a heady amalgamation of jazz… Continue Reading
