new release Archive
20 Apr 2016
Album Mini-review: Information Society — Orders of Magnitude
File next to ABC, Human League, Simple Minds Listeners can be forgiven for thinking that Information Society are an early 1980s synth outfit from the UK; there’s an unmistakable air […]
20 Apr 2016
Album Mini-review: Quilt — Plaza
File next to: Woods, Fresh & Onlys, Mikal Cronin With Plaza, Boston-based Quilt dials back the more overt psychedelic/garage textures of their first two full-lengths. Keyboardist Anna Fox Rochinski remains […]
18 Apr 2016
Ra Ra Riot Move Away from Their Chamber-pop Origins
“What it really comes down to,” says Ra Ra Riot vocalist Wes Miles, “is that, as an artist, you don’t ever want to make the same record twice.” That thinking […]
15 Apr 2016
Album Review: Eric Ambel — Lakeside
Indie cred: it’s an elusive quality, one that most artists would be pleased to possess. Indie cred connotes a level of achievement that suggests one’s work is more than ephemeral, […]
14 Apr 2016
Single Review: Dirty Sidewalks — “It’s Getting Better” b/w “Hey Girl”
Seattle-based Dirty Sidewalks recently released a 7” single worthy of a listen. The a-side, “It’s Getting Better,” has already gotten some commercial traction in one of the few forms that […]
13 Apr 2016
Album Review: Bobby Long — Ode
At only 30, Bobby Long has a deep catalog of work. After three self-released albums beginning with 2009’s Dirty Pond Songs, he signed with ATO Records and began a string […]
11 Apr 2016
Album Review: Sammy Walker — Brown Eyed Georgia Darlin’
The pop music world has long been on a quest for the Next Fill-in-the-blank. After The Beatles stormed American shores, the rush was on to sign every band with a […]
07 Apr 2016
Larry Keel’s Asheville Experience
“I grew up playing bluegrass; it’s in my blood like crazy,” says guitarist, singer and songwriter Larry Keel. “But these days when I’m writing, I don’t hear bluegrass anymore. I’ve […]
06 Apr 2016
Album Mini-review: Bill Pritchard — Mother Town Hall
File next to: Ray Davies, Lloyd Cole, Martin Newell Despite having released nine albums since 1987, England-based Bill Pritchard isn’t well-known at home , much less here in the USA: […]
06 Apr 2016
Album Mini-review: Matthew Bourne — moogmemory
File next to: Philip Glass, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Brian Eno The Memorymoog was the last synthesizer produced by Moog Music during the original company’s run; while a deeply […]