Mishka Shubaly’s second album, Coward’s Path, covers well-worn materials for this blog: alcoholism, self-doubt, self-recrimination, wry humor, twanging guitars. So what makes it stand out? There’s a raw, appealing quality to it. These songs were recorded about ten years ago,…
I’m too drunk to be coherent but I’m also too drunk to go out and do things. This is Teacher Life (a new tag!), people. The Friday after Regents week = shitfaced by 7 PM. So the TL;DR is Kristopher…
The tail end of 2014 was a cold-hearted bitch and I’m glad to see the last of her. But I got to end it on a high note. Karen and the Sorrows hosted a brilliant queer country holiday party and…
Emma Hill made some serious waves with her recent album, Denali. Check out the beautifully animated video for the single “Lioness” below. I haven’t had a chance to review it but the whole album is pretty amazing. You can listen…
Bill Mallonee is absurdly prolific and has produced what I think is one of the finest albums I’ve ever listened to — Vigilantes of Love’s Audible Sigh. Mallonee is absurdly prolific. Winnowing is his 50th album but who’s counting at…