The cover art on William Pilgrim’s new album shows Will and PM Romero — both men of color — getting beaten by white cops. It’s a chillingly prescient photo given current events, but the fact is it’s a fact of…
While the title of the album sounds bleak and high-concept, Bee Caves is neither of those things. “Running Home to You” and “Black Mason Hills” are probably the most radio-friendly tracks on here, and they were the friendliest to my…
A few seconds of Rick Hart’s warm, honey-sweet voice will get you hooked. He also knows how to play to his strengths. A singer-songwriter in the tradition of the folk greats of the ’60s and ’70s, all of Hart’s songs…
I’ll admit that this time I judged the book by its cover. The Tinkerbelles’ definitely have a knack for packaging. Apparently the cover folds out, MAD-magazine style. Excellent. That weird, subversive sensibility has made its way into the band’s music…
This year, the Paisley Fields’ lead singer took on the ambitious task of writing a new song a day for an entire year. The year was up a couple of months ago. “She’s No Angel” was one of the byproducts…