Famish is a new project from Dominik Kozacek that began from the frustration and bitterness of pandemic-induced isolation. Joined by Miette Esteb, Nathan Clark, and Continue Reading
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K Michelle DuBois Relies on 'Fever' Pitch for Striking Return (interview + premiere)
It seems entirely appropriate that Atlanta alternative/indie rocker K Michelle DuBois is surrounded by a fortress of cardboard containers on 27 January while chatting about Continue Reading
The 10 Best Wynton Marsalis Albums
Trumpeter and composer Wynton Marsalis: love him or resent him. But Marsalis is one of the most prolific instrumentalists of the last 40 years. A Continue Reading
James Yorkston's 'The Wide, Wide River' Is Warm, Cozy, and Expansive
By the time he released The Route to the Harmonium in 2019, Scottish folksinger James Yorkston had long transcended the humble troubadour spirit of his Continue Reading
Depeche Mode's Martin Gore Gets Primal on 'The Third Chimpanzee'
The conventional wisdom on Martin Gore’s role in Depeche Mode is well-established. Gore is the primary songwriter, backing and occasional lead vocalist, and guitar player. Continue Reading
Foo Fighters Hit the Dance Floor on 'Medicine at Midnight'
KISS released their Dynasty album on 23 May 1979. The band incorporated disco rhythms and pop melodies into the songs, resulting in a huge hit Continue Reading
Philip B. Price Wonders If We're "Scarred For Life" (premiere)
Oceans Hiding in Oceans is the latest release from acclaimed singer-songwriter Philip B. Price. The album arrives on 19 February via Signature Sounds, following his Continue Reading
Greek Women Are Mighty Lively in Haynes' Pandora's Jar
Recent decades have seen myriad ‘retellings’ of classical mythology centering women protagonists. Bestsellers like Margaret Atwood’s The Penelopiad (2006); Madeline Miller’s Circe (2018); Pat Barker’s Continue Reading
Giacomo Sartori's 'Bug' Melds Whimsy and Substance
Giacomo Sartori is adept at creating worlds that are difficult to characterize. In his prior novel, I Am God (2019), he created a world in Continue Reading
Danny Kaye Is the Most Motley Fool Ever in 'The Court Jester'
The Court Jester (1956), a just-about-perfect example of a Danny Kaye vehicle, arrives on Blu-ray for the first time in the Paramount Presents line. It’s Continue Reading
Rare Monk Release New Album “Never Really Over”
Following singles ‘Statistic Vandals’ and ‘Goodbye’, Portland-based indie rock outfit Rare Monk shares their new album, Never Really Over. Written in the years prior to Continue Reading
Animated Matter Offer a Sublime, Transcendent Debut with 'Selkie'
In Scandinavian and Celtic mythology, the selkie is presented as a seal-like being that could shed its skin and adopt human form. One finds similar Continue Reading
Director Thomas Bezucha on His Neo-Western, 'Let Him Go'
In filmmaker Thomas Bezucha’s Let Him Go (2020), adapted from Larry Watson’s novel, retired sheriff George Blackledge (Kevin Costner) and his wife Margaret (Diane Lane), Continue Reading
Django Django's 'Glowing in the Dark' Is Thrilling and Engrossing
Django Django have built on the momentum of their previous records with the brilliant Glowing in the Dark, a fantastic whirl of the band’s sonic Continue Reading
Top 10 Most Notable Career Suicide Albums
10. Lou Reed/Metallica – Lulu (2011) It’s tough putting this album above other career suicide albums that have more history on their side (see Hole’s Continue Reading
Sundance 2021: Edgar Wright's Quirky 'The Sparks Brothers'
Edgar Wright’s bulky new rockumentary The Sparks Brothers—premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival—exposes a band not at the vanguard of pop experimentation at any Continue Reading
What You Want, Baby, Aretha's Got It
It was only with Aretha Franklin’s death in 2018 that the American public — prompted to listen to her songs that we hadn’t heard in Continue Reading
Good Bison's 'Scattered Storms' Is Positively Sun-Splashed
The debut EP from the Pablo Alvarez project Good Bison is titled Scattered Storms, but a more accurate name for it might be Not-So-Scattered Sunshine. Continue Reading
Wy Announces New Album & Shares The Tender “Come Here”
Ebba and Michel of Wy return to announce their third album, ‘Marriage’, and share the opening single Come Here. Recorded during quarantine, the duo shift down Continue Reading
Skullcrusher Reveals Single & Video For “Song For Nick Drake”
I’ve been pretty obsessed with Skullcrusher (Helen Ballentine) over the last few months and her latest offering continues that flame. On the dreamy Song For Continue Reading