Rachel Cholst

Rachel Cholst

Music is Medicine

On Monday, I had assumed that Hillary Clinton would be president, it would be business as usual, I’d write a Veteran’s Day post of Becky Warren’s gorgeous new album War Surplus. It’s not business as usual, clearly. But for Veteran’s…

FuzzQueen — Xenia 1

You may know FuzzQueen best as its former incarnation — Miss Shevaughn and Yuma Wray. The quartet has pared down to a trio, moved to DC, and reformed as a psych rock band. Normally I shy away from bands with…

Kent Eugene Goolsby — Temper of the Times

It’s been a hot minute since we’ve heard from Kent Goolsby, though I suspect settling into married life can occupy a person. That doesn’t mean Goolsby has been swept away by young love — thematically, at least. Temper of the…

Band Cramps Vol 1

It may be after Halloween and there are few things scarier than systemic oppression, and that exists all year round. In an effort to combat sexism and to encourage more women to express themselves through music, a number of New…

Robert Ellis — Robert Ellis

Robert Ellis keeps getting robbed. The Lights From the Chemical Plant, his breakout album, was on of my favorites of 2015 but was overshadowed by (I believe) Jason Isbell. This year, his self-titled third round was shunted off to the…