Rachel Cholst

Rachel Cholst

Kurt Leege — Sleepytime Guitar

I have an oddly specific memory of listening to the Sometimes Boys’ Fire and Ice — cooking dinner in my first apartment in between preparing for the next day’s class. One degree, a career change, and two apartments later, the…

Max Garcia Conover — Motorhome

If you’re like me, once you hear the premise for this album you’re probably going to think “Oh, boy…” There are lots of young songwriters out there who take themselves off on a trip to find themselves and inspiration. They…

Winnie Brave — Cheap Gin

While it sounds nauseating to me, there are people out there who swear by some good ol’ hair of the dog as a hangover cure. If you’re in that camp, Winnie Brave’s Cheap Gin will help lift your spirits amidst…

Top 10 of 2017

I’m not generally a late sleeper, but for this past week off I’ve slept til noon pretty much every day. I think that has a lot to say about how this year was for me. Unlike 2016, this year was…

Woolbright — Busybody Lazybones

Breakups are tough to get through, but I can’t help but feel a little bad for whomever this album is about. Woolbright’s dense, guitar-heavy compositions foreground lyrics that deliver a series of burns of the highest order. If you’ve ever…