Will Johnson – ‘Wire Mountain’ (2019)
As of late, Texas musicians have been digging deep, where Will Johnson is no exception, teetering on the edge of his rickety chair, breathing life into this mindful...
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Cheval Sombre – ‘Been a Lover’ / ‘The Calfless Cow’ (2019)
Cheval’s new single swept me back with a gentle hand to his first album, where the song “Been a Lover,” laid waste to my soul, a number filled...
Allah-Las – ‘LAHS’ (2019)
I’ll freely admit to being less than enamored with the last two albums from the Allah Las. It’s not that those records were inherently bad, it’s just that...
The Menzingers – ‘Hello Exile’ (2019)
A whole lot of fun ... The Menzingers, a Philadelphia quartet, by way of Scranton, find themselves on a solid ground with Hello Exile, complete with anthem laced...
The Babe Rainbow – ‘Today’ (2019)
Babe Rainbow have taken a few moments from their hypnotic wayward wonderings and dropped by a postcard in the form of Today, a fine breezy funky laidback record...
Vanishing Twin – ‘The Age of Immunology’ (2019)
Another pleasing and disconnected record that resounds and embodies a variety of structures visions attitudes and genres, sounding at times entirely yet warmly haunting, while both of this...
The Black Sand – ‘Kaleidoscope’ (2019)
Highly reverberant notes shimmer like distant memories, where our wayward wander’s vocals echo with the voice of a ghost from somewhere deep within the back of my mind,...
Giant Sand – ‘Recounting the Ballads of Thin Line Men’ (2019)
I’ve always wondered why it is that more musicians haven’t gone back and re-envisioned previous albums, rethinking and reworking them from an older and wiser standpoint, as it...
The Olivers – ‘Lost Dove Session’ (2012)
Originally known as the Serfmen, The Olivers had been around since 1963, hailed from Fort Wayne, Indiana and were best known for their highly sought after 1967 45...
The Quiet Temple – ‘The Quiet Temple’ (2019)
The Quiet Temple is a rather interesting album with deep roots, creating an equally dense and deeply rooted atmosphere, instantly bringing to mind the work Larry Young laid...