JERRY LEGER LUCKY STREAK (LATENT LOUNGE – LIVE FROM THE HANGAR) LATENT RECORDINGS There is a through line that cuts across the world of roots and rock singer-songwriters. That line passes alongside the likes of Buddy Holly and Del Shannon. It [...]
JEFFREY LEWIS THE EVEN MORE FREEWHEELIN’ JEFFREY LEWIS BLANG RECORDS/DON GIOVANNI For somebody who was at one point lauded as a progenitor of anti-folk, Jeffrey Lewis seems to have no problem at following one of the key folk music [...]
NICO PAULO INTERVAL_O FORWARD MUSIC GROUP Canadian/Portuguese singer songwriter Nico Paulo has one of those mesmerizing voices that strikes within the first notes she starts singing. Yet, the St. John’s, NL-based songwriter works within a middle [...]
LUCY LIYOU EVERY VIDEO WITHOUT YOUR FACE, EVERY SOUND WITHOUT YOUR NAME ORANGE MILK Although the Bandcamp page for Los Angeles’ Korean/American artist Lucy Liyou lists a number of her releases, her album Every Video Without Your Face, [...]
JESSICA LEE MORGAN YOU KNOW WHAT YOU SHOULD DO? SPACE RECORDS Jessica Lee Morgan never does the expected. Over her career, which includes five studio albums and one album with her mother, Mary Hopkin, Morgan continues to explore and grow as an [...]
DE LA SOUL THE GRIND DATE (20th ANNIVERSARY EDITION) DAISY AGE INC. Despite seeing a latter career revival following their return to streaming platforms and a series of expanded reissues, De La Soul remains one of the most unique yet criminally [...]
JAPANESE BREAKFAST FOR MELANCHOLY BRUNETTES (& SAD WOMEN) DEAD OCEANS For fans of Japanese Breakfast’s music, it is evident that the band has made science fiction and surrealism a musical trademark. Along with their upbeat songs and [...]
THE FREE SPIRITS CIRCLE OF SOUND INDEPENDENT The Free Spirits is a duo consisting of Chris Birkett (guitars, bass, guitar, organ, keys, horn arrangements, vocals) and Shari Tallon (pianist, flutist, tin whistle, vocals, keys, organ,). Two very [...]