new release Archive
25 Jun 2021
Album Review: Humanbeing – Humanbeing
Rossano Baldini has a background in soundtrack work and scoring as well as jazz. This new release takes his music somewhere that’s both consistent with those pursuits and pushing the […]
22 Jun 2021
Book Review: The White Label Promo Preservation Society
It’s happened to me, and I’d imagine it has happened to you. You’re out in public somewhere – a bar, a food court, a record store, outside a music venue […]
17 Jun 2021
Home is Where the Synths Are: Sunset Lines Reinvents, Again
From arena-hopping festival headliners to the local garage band, COVID-19 forced musicians of all stripes to rethink, reorganize, and regroup. Fortunately for Liz Brooks and Paul McCorkle, the core duo […]
11 Jun 2021
Album Review: Johnathan Pushkar – Compositions
File Under: Too twee for me, but perhaps not for thee. This by-the-numbers powerpop album would seem to have all the requisite elements: catchy choruses, creamy vocal harmonies, and a […]
10 Jun 2021
Dialogue Now! Consolidated Returns From a Self-Imposed Exile
An edited version of this feature appeared previously in SF Weekly. Socialism is back. Though it was widely popular in the United States in the first half of the 20th […]
04 Jun 2021
Album Review: American Folk Blues Festival Live in Manchester 1962
Owing to a fascinating and complicated set of circumstances, for many years American musicians of color were recognized and celebrated more in the UK and Europe than they were at […]
03 Jun 2021
Album Review: Chris Cain — Raisin’ Cain
Though he’s a West Coast musician based in San Jose, California, Chris Cain’s vocal and guitar styles owe a significant debt to Mississippi-born B.B. King. As showcased on Raisin’ Cain, […]
02 Jun 2021
Album Review: David Rotundo Band – So Much Trouble
A protégé of Danish harmonica star Lee Oskar (of ‘70s funk-rock-soul group War), Canadian musician David Rotundo sings, plays harmonica and occasional guitar, and writes all of the music on […]
28 May 2021
The Reds, Pinks and Purples’ Listener-friendly Depresso Pop
Glenn Donaldson is prolific. Maybe not quite Robert Pollard or R. Stevie Moore prolific, but the man records and releases a lot of music. The Skygreen Leopards, his psych-folk collaboration […]
27 May 2021
Echodrone: All About Texture and Density
While Echodrone’s music fits into the mold commonly called shoegaze, there’s more going on in the arrangements. There’s a sense of the dramatic amid the shimmering, reverb-soaked guitars and icy […]