new release Archive
02 Feb 2021
Album Review: Tenant From Zero — Flight
With a sound halfway between late-period Roxy Music and ‘90s triphop/chillwave/downtempo a la Massive Attack and Zero 7, Brooklyn-based Tenant From Zero makes moody, hauntingly romantic music for the ages. […]
31 Jan 2021
Album Review: Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra — Bernstein Reimagined
Established in 1990, the 17-member Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra is the orchestra-in-residence at the National Museum of American History. Though it’s primarily a live act, since its formation the Orchestra […]
30 Jan 2021
Album Reviews: Big Stir Singles — The Seventh and Eighth Waves
Time was, Jordan Oakes reigned as the tastemaker supreme in the powerpop world. His Yellow Pills compilation series shone a light on the very best that the genre had to […]
29 Jan 2021
Album Review: Rick Hromadka — Better Days
Rick Hromadka’s music has gone in a number of directions, and every single one of his efforts has been interesting. In fact, more than a few of his projects classify […]
28 Jan 2021
Album Review: The Fuzztones — NYC
Though they first came on the scene in the middle of the ‘80s garage rock revival, The Fuzztones have endured. And they’ve remained busy this past decade and a half. […]
27 Jan 2021
Album Review: Johnny Iguana’s Chicago Spectacular!
Pianist Johnny Iguana (born Brian Berkowitz) may not have been born in Chicago, but he’s long since made the Windy City his home, and his understanding of Chicago blues is […]
25 Jan 2021
French Cassettes Get Fully Organized on ‘Rolodex’
It’s been a lot of years and a number of different styles for San Francisco’s French Cassettes. But on the long-gestating Rolodex – released December 11 on Portland, Ore.-based Tender […]
24 Jan 2021
Laura Boswell: Beauty and Loss
Throughout her musical life, Laura Boswell has bounced back and forth between the classical and folk worlds. And while the music on the new Place to Be EP – the […]
23 Jan 2021
Album Review: Phil “Fang” Volk — Rocker
Phil “Fang” Volk is best known as bassist for Paul Revere and the Raiders during their most high-profile era, roughly 1965-67. That’s him – the long-running group’s fourth in succession […]
22 Jan 2021
Dave Desmelik: Music as Time Machine
Dave Desmelik ruminates upon the months on The Calendar Album Western North Carolina singer-songwriter Dave Desmelik has released more than a dozen albums, beginning in the late ‘90s and continuing […]