pop Archive
10 Aug 2017
New Music Review Roundup, Part 2
Here’s the second of three collections of reviews. The Hangabouts – Kits & Cats and Saxon Wives Good-timing, cleverly-written melodic pop is what’s on offer on the latest album from […]
09 Aug 2017
New Music Review Roundup, Part 1
I’ve got lots of new music to tell you about. Eighteen albums in all, which I’ll cover over three days. Let’s get started. The Brigadier – Wash Away the Day […]
04 Aug 2017
Jonathan Coulton Bucks the Industry, Still Makes Traditional Albums
Brooklynite Jonathan Coulton has been making albums for years without becoming a household name, but he made news in 2011 when he told an NPR interviewer that he was making […]
27 Jul 2017
Album Mini-review: Heather Trost — Agistri
File next to: Beach House, Françoise Hardy There’s a cinematic sweep to the song cycle that is Heather Trost’s Agistri. Drawing from wildly diverse stylistic inspirations, this collection of eight […]
26 Jul 2017
Album Mini-review: Screamfeeder — Pop Guilt
File next to: Belly, Hoodoo Gurus While the name of this Australian quartet might suggest something bratty and noisy, the truth lies elsewhere. Screamfeeder is an endlessly inventive purveyor of […]
25 Jul 2017
Album Mini-review: Chris Price — Stop Talking
File next to: Jellyfish, Wings After spending his time on production duties for obscure-yet-revered artists like Emitt Rhodes and Linda Perhacs, Chris Price has finally refocused his attention on his […]
24 Jul 2017
Album Review: Jonathan Coulton — Solid State
File next to: Sufjan Stevens, Fountains of Wayne, The Might Be Giants Jonathan Coulton’s career is something of a paradox: he’s far from being a household name; he’s never had […]
13 Jul 2017
Album Review: Stephanie Morgan — Chrysalism
Stephaniesid, the former group of prodigiously talented singer Stephanie Morgan, had a kind of arty pop sound with the added interest of a strong jazz sensibility. Since the end of that […]
01 Jul 2017
Musoscribe’s 8th Anniversary Post: Four from Playback Records
Today I’m celebrating the eight-year anniversary of this Musoscribe online music magazine. I started the blog in June 2009, but I had already been writing for many years. Eventually I […]
26 Jun 2017
Album Review: Jean Jacques Perrey — Moog Indigo
Perhaps Jean Jacques Perrey shouldn’t be thought of in the same context as Jean-Michel Jarre, Hans-Joachim Roedelius and other early pioneers of the synthesizer-as-musical-instrument. His work wasn’t as edgy and […]