Rachel Cholst

Rachel Cholst

Big Shoals — Hard Lessons

Another long-time favorite, Big Shoals recently released their follow-up album, Hard Lessons. I liked the previous album, Still Go On, a good deal. But when I went back to it recently in preparation for this review, I realized I had…

Jo Wymer — SLG

It seems fitting that, shortly after the fifth birthday of the blog, I get to write about Jo Wymer’s second release, SLG. Wymer was one of the first artists I wrote a review of. She was the first artist to…

Happy Fifth Birthday!

Today marks the official fifth anniversary of this blog’s first post. I began this blog shortly into my grad school career, which means this blog has accompanied me throughout adulthood. Through excitement, heartbreak, tragedy, pride, and failure, I’ve had this…

The Tumbling Wheels — The No Counts

I learned of the Tumbling Wheels through my pal in music and fellow Redwall enthusiast Gabe di Chiara (of Ninebullets and Ajax Diner Book Club superstardom.) The Tumbling Wheels embody all of the good stuff about the “new” New Orleans…

Gui Gui Sui Sui — Wu Xing

I’ve taken this blog with me all around the world, so to speak. I think probably one of the coolest things to happen since I’ve been working on it was meeting Dann Gaymer (nee, Gui Gui Sui Sui nee Gui…