Frankie Miller
It seems every generation of country music fans goes through the same controversy about whether the “traditional” sound is being overtaken by pop music...
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...
Di Meliora Ferant
Note to all young musicians who aspire to be contemporary prog-metal giants: It took Tool 10 years to become Tool.
And while you must applaud...
Various artists
As any good soundtrack should, Honeydripper helps bring the movie to life by creating, along with the scenery and the actors, the atmosphere that...
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...
Miles Davis
Miles Davis was in his mid-forties when he completed his transition from traditionalist to improvisational jazz-funk maestro, and most of his in-between work is...
Betty Harris
Betty Harris is back.
On her first recording in nearly 40 years - Intuition, her funky, New Orleans-style, traditional R&B and soul solo debut -...
The Fellow Americans
From the opening riff on Search for Numb, it’s obvious that The Fellow Americans aren’t interested in fancy production tricks or endless sonic nuances....
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin
Somewhere amid the musical handiwork of Elliott Smith, Weezer, and The Shins, you’ll find a similarly inspired, indie-ish-for-life, guitar-based Missouri quartet sporting a cheeky...
Sufjan Stevens
Writing a definitive Sufjan Stevens review is almost as ambitious as Stevens’ intent to write, record, and release 50 albums themed after each U.S....