Dawn Tyler Watson and Paul Deslauriers
On the stripped-down ... en duo, Canadians Dawn Tyler Watson and Paul Deslauriers bring a crisp freshness to a dozen familiar songs and share...
The Panic Basket
Here’s the first recorded result of a collaboration between electronics wizard Darryl Wood (ex-Confusatron and ex-Parasite Lost) and Darrin Kobetich, solo acoustic guitar virtuoso...
Haale
Influenced almost equally by mystic poets and American rock and psychedelic music, Haale's full-length debut, No Ceiling, isn't quite inner-directed "trance" music, but it...
LSD March
Under Milk Wood (Important Records)
By Ken Shimamoto
Formed in 1996 in Himeji, Japan, and named after a song by '70s German psych-rockers Guru Guru, LSD...
Walter Lure
Look up "survivor" in the unabridged dictionary and you're bound to see a picture of New York rocker Walter Lure's porkpie-hatted mug. Present at...
James Hunter
When sung by white folks, old-school soul and R&B is often called “blue-eyed soul,” especially in reference to a pasty Englishman like James Hunter...
Kaz Murphy
Kaz Murphy must have picked up some of his storytelling ability from his days as accompanist/drummer for legendary Beat poet Allen Ginsburg.
Murphy’s songs, often...
Andy Friedman
Weary Things(City Salvage Records)
By Tom Geddie
Singer-songwriter Andy Friedman complains on the first track off his new album, Weary Things, that he misses being broken,...
Thom Schuyler
Prayer of a Desperate Man's title track could be the best spiritual song of recent years. But singer-songwriter Thom Schuyler isn't content with that....
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan’s buzzing drone of a voice is a little deeper today but remains oddly effective.
His songs are still what count. Many people...
