Chuck Ragan and Austin Lucas — Bristle Ridge
This isn’t so much a review of Bristle Ridge as it is some meditations about Austin Lucas. To be honest, I didn’t really like his music at first. I was mostly annoyed by all of his songs about how he…
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Cahalen and Eli — Our Lady of the Tall Trees
If the volumes of text praising Our Lady of the Tall Trees were stretched end to end, we’d have a bridge to Mars. Here’s my little snippet to add to the bridge. This is beautiful, breathtaking acoustic music and it…
Hero Jr. — Backup Plan
This is my reaction to Hero Jr.’s debut album: holy shit. The debut track, “Ann Boleyn” is worth the price of admission alone. I picked the other two songs featured here basically at random — there is no dead weight…
Sonia Tetlow — Own Way Home
I apologize for the radio silence this past week. Public schools had Veterans’ Day off, and on Sunday I decided I’d simply ignore any and all obligations. That meant lots of work for my real job on Monday and catch-up…
Browan Lollar — For The Givers And The Takers
It doesn’t get much better than this. In five short songs, Browan Lollar spans the full range of rock’n’roll and nails it each time. The EP deserves more praise than I have time to write about it. However, it’s…