Review: David Allred – “Driving Through The Aftermath of a Storm on a Clear Day” February 15, 2022 David Allred’s Driving Through the Aftermath of a Storm on a Clear Day is a strange, enveloping little record. Meditative to a T, the LP’s 11… Continue Reading
Matt Gaydar talks Glenn Echo project, pandemic, LP#2 February 3, 2022 Matt Gaydar isn’t going to let something as simple as a global pandemic slow him down. The acoustic singer-songwriter – who is thickly bearded,… Continue Reading
Feature: Five Years Later – Best Music of 2016 January 20, 2022 David Bowie – Blackstar [Columbia/RCA/ISO] Mankind has been flirting with its own mortality since the beginning of time – but leave it to David… Continue Reading
Review: Bill Callahan/Bonnie Prince Billy – “Blind Date Party” January 10, 2022 The song begins with a guitar line wonderfully characteristic of post-rock guru David Grubbs, mellifluous and storied. Then, Will Oldham enters like a specter,… Continue Reading
Review: Feral Vices – “With Offerings” December 20, 2021 Feral Vices, a guitar-and-drum alt-rock duo from Louisville, make catchy, Spotify-ready rock anthems underlined with fist-pumping grooves and more than a fair share of… Continue Reading
Review: Dessner, Aaron and Bryce – “Cyrano” December 20, 2021 Cyrano de Bergerac features the title character, a real-life – in some tellings, deformed – man here fictionalized, falling for a lovely maiden, Roxanne. He… Continue Reading
Feature: Best Songs of 2021 (Spectrum Culture) December 20, 2021 Black Midi: “John L” [Rough Trade] Those seeking traces of Empirical wisdom in the newest work from Black Midi, everyone’s favorite tribe of super-ambitious… Continue Reading
Feature: Best Albums of 2021 (Spectrum Culture) December 20, 2021 Godspeed You! Black Emperor – G_d’s Pee AT STATE’S END [Constellation] The faux-mocking political ramblings. The 10- and 20-minute songs. The epic builds and… Continue Reading
Feature: Best Albums of 2021 (PopMatters) December 20, 2021 Godspeed You! Black Emperor – God’s Pee AT STATE’S END [Constellation] It starts with the soul-less counting of an anonymous but mechanized war machine… Continue Reading
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
