Jody Prewett – River Songs (Album Review)
Earlier this year, by the banks of the Avon River, English songwriter Jody Prewett entered a studio and recorded the songs he had been working on for a year and…
Luna Waves – Comedowns (Album Review)
Popular music critic Anthony Fantano once quipped, “In music, trends are always rising and fading in popularity, but nostalgia never dies.” His statement is supported by Comedowns, the fourth album…
Post Death Soundtrack – Veil Lifter (Album Review)
The phrase “ignorance is bliss,” coined by 18th-century poet Thomas Gray, seems to be an undeniable truism. However, bliss needn’t always be the end goal. One could make the case…
Album Reviews: Nicholas Skalba, Hari Sima & Mínim, Storm Clouds
Photo by Pin Han Lim Nicholas Skalba – (circadian) ambience and soundscapes ambient Nicholas Skalba is a multi-instrumentalist composer from Chicago now based in Los Angeles. Having earned a master’s…
Strawflower – Greetings from the Stardust Motel (Album Review)
LA surf rockers Strawflower make a convincing argument for leaving it all behind in the name of debaucherous pleasures on their debut album “Greetings from the Stardust Motel”. Featuring a…
pb – neither prose nor poetry (Album Review)
The dulcet folk stylings of British-American folk songwriter pb, stage name of Phoebe Workman, are on full display across her debut album neither prose nor poetry. Through personable writing, up-close-and-personal…
Dying Habit – The Chaos Of Silence (Album Review)
British composer Leopold Stokowski once said “A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence.” On their sophomore album The Chaos of Silence, Welsh four-piece Dying…
Mountains of Jura – Mountains of Jura (Album Review)
Never judge a book by its cover unless it’s not a book but the second self-titled album from Californian hypnotists-cum-psychedelic-indie rockers Mountains of Jura. The cover art of their latest…
Klein and Jamison – Eight Paintings for Piano (Album Review)
British conductor Leopold Stokowski once opined, “A painter paints his pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence.” This oft-quoted nugget of wisdom describes music’s peculiar ability to…
Meg Baird – Furling (Album Review)
Meg Baird wants to show you another world. The psychedelic folk tones of her new album Furling underline a slow-burning and patient collection of dreamy songs that act as conduits…