I wish I could hand out awards for album design because it is difficult to create a more pitch-perfect jacket than this. (I’m also dying to know the context of this photo.) Boy Crazy is a reissue of Loveless’ 2013…
This is a hard album to listen to. This is easily the hardest review I’ve had to write. If you’re not familiar with Chris Porter (and you might be — I’ve written about Some Dark Holler, his project with the…
In an effort to focus more on longform posts, this’ll be the last playlist for the time being. Thanks for following along! Granz — “Winter Street” hits too many sweet spots to resist. This is just a great acoustic pop…
For some reason my memory of Dori Freeman’s first album was a collection of gentle beautifully executed folk songs, showcasing Freeman’s unparalleled voice. After listening to Letters Never Read, I went back to get a better understanding of just how…
Faith Evans Ruch has a voice that’s thick and fortified enough to bottle and drink. Whether or not you know it, she’s already conquered country and blues — After It’s Said and Done was one of my favorite albums of…
I made the mistake of queuing up song after song for these playlists and it caught up with me really quickly. This is the tail end of the queue and I don’t plan on doing any more playlists for a…
Mike Wheeler’s Sunbeams All Twisted gives us a unique look into his process. While several musicians join Wheeler on the recordings, the EP is a loose collection of off-the-cuff recordings. Well beyond a sketch but clearly not the final draft,…
The Roseline have been around a while, and that shows in Blood‘s DNA. I wouldn’t call it bar rock, though it has that driving beat and sticky nostalgia that has defined many bands before them. But these songs are reserved…