Rolling Blackouts – Hope Downs
By Matt Rocke. Rolling Blackouts – Hope Downs (Ivy League) Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever enjoy…More
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God’s Favourite Singer? – Father John Misty
By Matt Rocke God’s Favourite Customer – Father John Misty (Sub Pop) It’s winter and…More
Leon Bridges – Good Thing
Review by Matt Rocke LEON BRIDGES – GOOD THING Leon Bridges makes no bones about…More
The Breeders? They’ve Got A Lotta Nerve
By Andrew Tanner. All Nerve – The Breeders (4AD) Who doesn’t love The Breeders? Our…More
New York Stories: David Byrne & Kip Hanrahan
By Brian Wise. AMERICAN UTOPIA – DAVID BYRNE (NONESUCH) CRESCENT MOON WANING – KIP HANRAHAN (AMERICAN CLAVE)…More
Thrum – Joe Henry
By Brian Wise JOE HENRY – THRUM (earMusic) Perhaps Joe Henry is better known for his…More
Their Dark Materials: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
By Andrew Tanner. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Wrong Creatures (Vagrant) I’m pretty sure Black…More
Up From The Underground!
By Andrew Tanner. How Did I Find Myself Here?/The Dream Syndicate Sometimes an album comes…More
Oh What A Lovely War
Andrew Tanner wonders whether the new War On Drugs album is too beautiful for its…More
Randy Newman’s Dark Matter!
By Brian Wise. RANDY NEWMAN – DARK MATTER (NONESUCH) “Randy Newman is a national treasure,” observed…More
Marty Stuart – Traipsing the Ethos of the American West
By Rob Dickens There are at least five things I love about Marty Stuart and The…More
Bob Dylan’s Sentimental Journey
By Brian Wise. BOB DYLAN – TRIPLICATE (COLUMBIA) What is this shit? asked Greil Marcus in…More
Valerie June – The Order of Time
VALERIE JUNE – THE ORDER OF TIME (CAROLINE) There are some moments in your musical life…More
Tift Merritt – Stitch of The World
Tift Merritt – Stitch of the World By Rob Dickens Tift Merritt’s new album Stitch of…More
The Rolling Stones – Back To The Blues!
BLUE & LONESOME – THE ROLLING STONES (POLYDOR) By Brian Wise. Producer Don Was could…More
Lambchop – FLOTUS
Review by Nick Argyriou. LAMBCHOP – FLOTUS (Merge/Inertia) The almost 60-year-old frontman of Nashville alt-country/indie unit…More
Jim James – Eternally Even
Review by Nick Argyriou. JIM JAMES – ETERNALLY EVEN (EMI) For the most part of…More
John Prine – For Better, Or Worse
John Prine – For Better, or Worse By Rob Dickens It’s been a year of…More
Big Smoke – Time Is Golden
By Nick Argyriou. BIG SMOKE – TIME IS GOLDEN (Remote Control) The sprawling country, psychedelic wig-outs,…More
When Bob Dylan Was the Center Of The Universe
By Michael Goldberg. In 1966, no one played live rock ‘n’ roll to match Bob…More