Reviews
Rough Cuts Make Right on Chris Rosenau and Nick Sanborn's New Electronic-Acoustic Album
In proper improvisatory fashion, Sanborn and Rosenau let the tape run through everything while recording: bird calls, barking dogs, whatever. Read more
Jul. 23, 2019
Defacto Thezpian Gets Beats Worthy of His Skills on "Chicks & Rhymes, Vol. IV"
On several interludes, Defacto riskily raps over well-known beats produced by the likes of Timbaland and the Alchemist. On three out of four, he nails it. Read more
Jul. 16, 2019
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Curtis Eller’s American Circus Is Like Folk-Punk Howard Zinn
The poison pen comes out early on “A Poison Melody,” the new album by maniacal local banjo wizard Curtis Eller and friends. Read more
Jun. 25, 2019
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Boulevards’ "Yadig!" Is a Funk Machine Singed by Analog Heat
The record draws on influences like The Meters, Tower of Power, and Funkadelic―artists that Jamil Rashad grew up hearing his DJ father play. Read more
Jun. 19, 2019
The Warm, Easy Intimacy of jphono1's "Loblolly Boogie"
Local indie-rock legend John Harrison releases a book-and-album project of his gentle psychedelia with a local pine as his muse. Read more
Jun. 18, 2019
M. Grig's "Mount Carmel" Evokes Sweeping, Open Landscapes
Mount Caramel’s asynchronous electronics pull you, taffy-like, away from the center of something and hold you at a deliberative, transformational distance. Read more
Jun. 18, 2019
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Schooner Leader Purveys Honeyed Desolation as Sun Studies
“Pastoral” is easily one of the most over-slapped descriptors in all of music, but for Reid Johnson’s charred folk, the term feels accurate and useful. Read more
Jun. 18, 2019
