pop Archive
27 Jun 2016
Album Mini-review: Charlie Faye & the Fayettes
File next to: Nancy Sinatra, Dusty Springfield, Burt Bacharach Though she’s previously released two albums and an EP under her own name, Austin’s Charlie Faye has engaged in a radical […]
22 Jun 2016
Lake Street Dive: Right Place, Right Time
“We just used the ‘throwing darts at the internet’ method for getting our music out there,” says Rachael Price, lead vocalist of Boston-based foursome Lake Street Dive. Their low-budget video […]
21 Jun 2016
Album Mini-review: Brian Eno — The Ship
File next to: Pink Floyd, Tangerine Dream, Low-era David Bowie Though he came to prominence initially as a member of art-rockers Roxy Music (and then, years later, as an in-demand […]
21 Jun 2016
Album Mini-review: Those Pretty Wrongs
File next to: Starling Electric; Teenage Fanclub, The Posies Jody Stephens was the George Harrison of legendary Memphis power pop group Big Star: though these days Chris Bell and Alex […]
06 Jun 2016
Album Review: 10,000 Maniacs — Playing Favorites
I spent more than a quarter-century in Atlanta. The middle period of that era included my high school and college years, and during the latter, I was somewhat actively involved […]
01 Jun 2016
Album Mini-review: Mayer Hawthorne — Man About Town
File next to: Marvin Gaye, The Dramatics, Fitz and the Tantrums On his 2009 debut, Detroiter Mayer Hawthorne showed just how developed an artist he was; that album – wholly […]
10 May 2016
Album Mini-review: Japanese Breakfast — Psychopomp
File next to: The Dream Academy, Prefab Sprout, My Bloody Valentine Though the title of this Eugene, Oregon outfit’s full-length might evoke thoughts of the debut album from The Jesus […]
06 May 2016
Margaret Glaspy Moves Up to the Majors
“I think that human experience is pretty universal,” says guitarist Margaret Glaspy. “So whether I’m writing objectively or writing from my own point of view, it applies to pretty much […]
05 May 2016
Explorers Club Refine Their Strategy for Third Album
This is the second of my two recent features on Explorers Club. Hey kids: collect ’em all! — bk Jason Brewer, leader and songwriter of Explorers Club, explains the challenges […]
04 May 2016
On Third Album, Explorers Club Gets it ‘Together’
Recently I interviewed Explorers Club’s Jason Brewer for a pair of features, one in Atlanta’s Creatve Loafing and the other in Athens GA’s Flagpole. While both interviews focused on the […]