FLEA HONORA NONESUCH RECORDS Whispers of Flea, the jazz musician, have persisted for decades. While it is commonly known that before picking up the bass, his first instrument was the trumpet, and he regularly expresses his love for jazz and [...]
SNAIL MAIL RICOCHET MATADOR RECORDS If you’ve been with Lindsey Jordan and Snail Mail since her first full release Habit, then this record is for you. Jordan opens with a steady, energetic farewell to a relationship she’s parted ways with, [...]
TRUE GREEN HAIL DISASTER SPACECASE RECORDS Minneapolis-based novelist/songwriter Dan Hornsby is not the first to lead a band, but might be among the first ones to set his lyrical vision through jangly guitar rock with his band True Green. Hail [...]
MARNIE WEBER RETURNING HOME: THE MUSIC OF MARNIE WEBER PHANTOM LIMB RECORDS Wikipedia defines art rock as “ a subgenre of rock music that aims to separate the genre from popular entertainment, with the term typically being applied as the middle [...]
JACKIE WEST SILENT CENTURY RUINATION RECORDS Some would say that singer-songwriters are dime-a-dozen these days (again!), and the proliferation is certainly there, but there seems to be a deeper thematic shift compared to the initial [...]
NINA HAGEN HIGHWAY TO HEAVEN GRÖNLAND RECORDS If you’ve ever dreamed of watching late-career Marlene Dietrich play an enigmatic preacher in a European arthouse rock musical, you’re in luck! Nina Hagen’s new gospel album, HiGHWAY TO HEAVEN, is [...]
JON ANDERSON SURVIVAL& OTHER STORIES | EARTH MOTHER EARTH FRONTIERS MUSIC Jon Anderson has released 16 solo studio albums. His catalogue of music is astounding and with his new band, The Band Geeks, he continues to record and tour. These two [...]
CHARLOTTE CORNFIELD HURTS LIKE HELL NEXT DOOR RECORDS/MERGE RECORDS Big life changes impact everybody, but such changes are more visible, or to be precise, more audible with musicians. Motherhood is one such big change in life, and it had its [...]
