Elvis White
On Promise, a seductive reggae album with strong hip-hop elements, Elvis White urges listeners to think positively — and then urges himself to seduce...
Pretty Girls Make Graves
“Pop!” goes the hot Seattle-raised quintet Pretty Girls Make Graves, and their fans seem pretty divided. PGMG always resembled a more canny, if less...
White Whale
White Whale’s bio reads like a parody of the worst press releases. In a few hundred words, the band is compared to a seemingly...
Soledad Brothers
Judging from the sleeve inside The Hard Walk by Detroit’s Soledad Brothers, you’d think you’d be in for something really special. The list of...
The Ho Chi Men
Just when you thought nu metal was dead (and it is), along come The Ho Chi Men, trying to resurrect it.
Even though the band...
Chatterton
Whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.
Chatterton’s first commercial release, a self-titled e.p., is testimony to that old adage right out the gate.
The first...
Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash’s career stretched over 50 years, but he saved the best for last. In his final decade, the music he recorded with rock...
David Kimbrough Jr.
David Kimbrough Jr.’s mix of old-time blues soul sounds on Shell-Shocked undoubtedly reflects the influence of his father Junior Kimbrough’s hypnotic blues groove. The...
Chris Knight
Music that listeners are supposed to take seriously often comes from obscure artists who write dark songs. While Chris Knight is critically praised, the...
Charlie Musselwhite
Delta Hardware is hard-edged, harmonica-laced, electric blues from the bottom of Charlie Musselwhite’s roots (Mississippi Delta via Memphis and Chicago). Musselwhite, who recently settled...
