THE BIRD CALLS MELODY TRAIL RUINATION RECORDS As we mentioned in our review of The Bird Call’s previous offering, Old Faithful, Sam Sodomsky, who operates under this moniker, is a man of solitude, somebody who wants to be calm, cool, and [...]
SAM MOSS SWIMMING INDEPENDENT With what you could call ‘standard’ singer/songwriters there is very little middle ground. They could either convey their music and lyrics to listeners or they can’t. It is often a minimalistic [...]
GINO VANNELLI THE LIFE I GOT (TO MY MOST BELOVED) BED/THE ORCHARD The Life I Got (To My Most Beloved) is Gino Vannelli’s 22nd album, and his first since the highly acclaimed Wilderness Road (2019). During the time between albums, Vannelli has [...]
SHARON VAN ETTEN SHARON VAN ETTEN & THE ATTACHMENT THEORY JAGJAGUWAR Sharon Van Etten is the master of her domain; with the arrival of “Seventeen” from 2019’s Remind Me Tomorrow, the artist had nothing left to prove, little else to give to [...]
THE NAMES ENCORE! SPLEEN+ RECORDS In 1981, The Names released their first single on the famed Factory Records. It wasn’t their debut, but the Brussels band did release a single, “Night Shift”, which was produced by Martin Hannett, who had [...]
THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART PERFECT RIGHT NOW: A SLUMBERLAND COLLECTION 2008-2010 SLUMBERLAND RECORDS Some 15 to 16 years ago (2009 to be precise), we got to hear a band with a very long name making some very substantial music. They went [...]
THE HAROLD WHEELER CONSORT BLACK CREAM REAL GONE MUSIC Perhaps best known for his jingles written for McDonald’s, Coca Cola, Kool Aid, Pan Am Airlines, and Boone’s Farm Wines, Harold Wheeler released his only album, Black Cream, in 1975. For the [...]
BENJAMIN RUSSELL WAVES TCBE RECORDS Benjamin Russell is certainly busy. Hot on the heels of last year’s fantastic album, Pleasure Center, he brings us Waves. Russell is an artist, a visual artist, and a musical artist. In fact, quite often they [...]
