When Young Galaxy sings, “We work the mine till the break of dawn” during “Fall for You,” you either need to suspend disbelief or laugh your backside off. It’s a little like believing Ben Stiller’s male model…
Brown Bird is a Rhode Island based duo comprised of David Lamb and MorganEve Swan, which just released a brainy, self-produced album titled Fits of Reason. The act recently performed at Stagecoach, a festival featuring mainstream country…
Monomania, the latest Deerhunter LP, practically belches into quasi-consciousness with opener “Neon Junkyard”. After a few disorienting seconds of instrumental and vocal fumbling, Bradford Cox seems to offer this album’s mission statement: “Finding the fluorescence in the…
Alpine‘s Lou James says that the Australian band is not an overnight sensation, but it sure seems that way from our perspective. The strong international response to the band’s debut album has brought them acclaim at home…
Justin Chapman gets it. The Philadelphia songwriter and entrepreneur is tuned into the changing tides of the music industry and, consequently, is spinning the necessary plates to be successful. Whether it’s the band he “curates” in Citadel…
On their fifth album, New Zealand vets The Phoenix Foundation offer up one of the year’s biggest, most ambitious rock albums. On early listens they come off a tad schizophrenic, trying to fit in as many sounds…
If there’s a story behind the three New History Warfare albums that Colin Stetson has released over the past six years – and, according to Stetson, there is – it seems clear from the music that we, as the…
Joshua Powell is changing things up. Unlike his band’s debut Traveler, which was an upbeat rock ‘n roll record, his new album entitled Man is Born for Trouble will incorporate a stripped down folk sound paired with painful…
For someone who’s released exactly one solo album since 2004, Mark Lanegan sure stays busy. At this point, he’s known as much for his endless series of diverse collaborations as for his old day job fronting grunge-era…
With an over-thetop name like The Earth and Everything In It, a category of “cinematic rock” is right in line. Yet the beautiful soundscapes built by Yishai Mags, the solo artist behind The Earth, match the reach…