pop Archive
03 Nov 2016
Esperanza Spalding’s Musical Evolution (or D+Evolution?), Part Two
Continued from Part One… Working with Tony Visconti In the music business, Tony Visconti is something of a household name. Since his start in 1968, Visconti has produced more than […]
02 Nov 2016
Esperanza Spalding’s Musical Evolution (or D+Evolution?), Part One
Note: portions of this feature appeared previously (and in different form) in altweeklies in Asheville NC, Chicago and Salt Lake City. — bk Cross-genre sensation Esperanza Spalding is something of […]
28 Oct 2016
Album Mini-review: The Beatles — Live at the Hollywood Bowl
File next to: 1960s Rolling Stones, 1950s Elvis The act you’ve known for all these years is back. While the Beatles split in 1969, their shadow has loomed upon the […]
28 Oct 2016
Album Mini-review: My New Mixtape — Alone Together Forever
File next to: Owsley, Fountains of Wayne Way back in 1968, in a gambit that was a combination poke-in-the-eye to their record company and artistic statement, the Turtles recorded Present […]
20 Oct 2016
River Whyless: Out from Behind the Tiny Desk
When beginning work on what would be their second full-length album, the four musicians of Asheville-based River Whyless decided to change their approach to songwriting. The result of that change […]
12 Oct 2016
Nada Surf Still Believes in the Rock Album
Brooklyn-based Nada Surf has been called an indie rock band and a power pop group. Drummer Ira Elliot is less concerned with how the group is labeled than he is […]
11 Oct 2016
Album Mini-review: KT Tunstall — KIN
File next to: Regina Spektor, Fiona Apple Scottish-born Tunstall is that rarest of artists: she enjoys critical praise while scoring on the commercial side of the equation. Her songs are […]
03 Oct 2016
KT Tunstall Knows the Score
Scottish singer-songwriter KT Tunstall burst onto the international scene in 2004 when she scored a last-minute performance slot on the influential UK television program Later … with Jools Holland. Her […]
30 Sep 2016
Gringo Star: Giving Pop-rock a Good Name
Coming out of the diverse Atlanta music scene, Gringo Star makes hooky pop-rock that – while informed by sounds of the 1960s – doesn’t rely on aping vintage sounds. Their […]
29 Sep 2016
David LaMotte: Bringing it All Back Together
Prior to 2006, David LaMotte was an extremely busy musician. “In those first 18 years, I kicked out 10 records,” he says. But in the decade that followed, he would […]