pop Archive
27 Nov 2020
Hundred(plus)-word Reviews for November 2020, Part Four
Here’s a quick look at five new releases. Four are reissues; the other is a compilation of previously-unreleased material. All are simply superb; essential, even. For the first time in […]
22 Nov 2020
Hundred-word Reviews for November 2020, Part Three
And here’s the last of this current run of hundred-word reviews covering new releases. Soul, powerpop and blues; something for most tastes. All worth your time. Sonny Green – Found! […]
21 Nov 2020
Hundred-word Reviews for November 2020, Part Two
Here’s five more quick reviews. Powerpop, ambient, jazz and more. Nick Frater – Fast & Loose The title might lead the uninitiated to suspect that Nick Frater’s album is something […]
20 Nov 2020
It’s Still About Chemistry: A Conversation with Semisonic’s Jacob Slichter
In my last feature, I shared bonus content from my interview with Semisonic’s Dan Wilson. That piece featured parts of our conversation that didn’t make it into the story I […]
19 Nov 2020
Lightning Strikes Again: A Conversation with Semisonic’s Dan Wilson (Part Two)
Continued from Part One … Bill Kopp: One thing that has always surprised me is the way in which Semisonic – and this was true for Trip Shakespeare as well […]
18 Nov 2020
Lightning Strikes Again: A Conversation with Semisonic’s Dan Wilson (Part One)
This summer I spoke with Dan Wilson and Jacob Slichter of Semisonic about the band and its new EP, You’re Not Alone. (Vacationing with his family at that time, bassist […]
17 Nov 2020
Re-opening Time: Semisonic Returns with a new EP (Part Two)
Continued from Part One … When listeners hear new songs like the soaring title track and the riffing “Basement Tapes,” they may find themselves thinking that Semisonic has picked up […]
16 Nov 2020
Re-opening Time: Semisonic Returns with a new EP (Part One)
An edited version of this feature appeared previously in Goldmine Magazine. Minneapolis rock trio Semisonic scored big with “Closing Time,” the hit single from their second album, Feeling Strangely Fine. […]
14 Nov 2020
Hundred-word Reviews for November 2020, Part One
Today marks the triumphant return of my hundred-word reviews. My last roundup of new releases in the form of brief critical summaries came way back in February, before the world […]
06 Nov 2020
The Appeal of Fresh ‘Fwuit’
Dulci Ellenberger and her musical associates have been something of a moving target lately. For several years, the Asheville-based singer-songwriter-guitarist fronted Holy Ghost Tent Revival, the seven-person, ragtime-jazz-meets-rock band. That […]