KILYNN LUNSFORD PROMISCUOUS GENES FEEL IT RECORDS Ok, Kilynn Lunsford might seem an unusual name to some, but there are actually two who are currently making music—neither of the more usual kind. The one we’re talking about here though is [...]
FRIENDSHIP CAVEMAN WAKES UP MERGE RECORDS There’s this leftfield take on Americana music that has been going on for a while that encompasses quite a number of artists, from Will Oldham and Bill Callahan to the likes of Idaho Pernice [...]
NOW NOW DOES THE TRICK K RECORDS/PERENNIAL RECORDS What could be the key denominator for the artists who record for Olympia Washington’s stalwart recork label, K? Hard to put your finger on it, actually, but a great sense of melody. No matter [...]
DAN MANGAN NATURAL LIGHT ARTS & CRAFTS Dan Mangan’s new album Natural Light is really something. Touted as being a return to his folkie, singer-songwriter roots, it is a work of simple beauty. Recorded with bandmates Jason Haberman, Mike [...]
VARIOUS ARTISTS CHET BAKER RE:IMAGINED DECCA RECORDS/BLUENOTE RECORDS Chet Baker remains among the most revered American jazz artists of his time. Despite passing in 1988, Baker’s voice and the emotion he could conjure through the trumpet remain [...]
PAUL DI’ANNO IN MEMORY OF METALVILLE Following the recent passing of punk/metal legend and former Iron Maiden frontman Paul Di’Anno, Metalville Records delivers a powerful tribute that honours Di’Anno’s ferocious legacy as both a frontman [...]
THE DREAM EATERS THE DREAM EATERS QUARTERLY REPORT: Q125 INDEPENDENT The Brooklyn and Toronto-based pop duo The Dream Eaters has released a new EP. Listeners may have become aware of this act, fronted by Elizabeth LeBaron and Jake Zavracky, [...]
ABSOLUTE TREAT SHATTERED LOVE VICTORY POOL RECORDS There’s always a question going round with music/albums/EP’s that are distinctively –should you simply disregard it simply because it is pop? Sure, it just might be that there is a [...]
