Left Arm Tan — Left Arm Tan
A couple weeks ago I tipped you off to Left Arm Tan’s forthcoming album. The album marks the band’s 10th anniversary, and it also finds them in their best form. Left Arm Tan (yes, it’s self-titled, but by no means…
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Mercy Bell — Mercy Bell
Western culture really likes to catalog things. Scientific taxonomies, historical periods, gender, music genres. It’s comforting to think that it’s possible to list and organize everything in the world. But nature isn’t like that — and neither is Mercy Bell’s…
Lavender Country — Blackberry Rose and Other Songs and Sorrows
Before the year closes out, I’d be criminally negligent in not writing up Lavender Country’s Blackberry Rose. Lavender Country, a loose collective headed up by Patrick Haggerty, released their first album, Lavender Country, in 1973. It’s the first known queer…
Matt Woods — Natural Disasters
If you haven’t heard Matt Woods’ album Natural Disasters yet, I’m sorry. It’s partially my fault. The album came out in June and I totally missed it — and then the time got away from me when it came to…
Jake Riley and the Social Workers — For All and None
When I’ve been telling people that work has been intense this summer, I really meant it. Jake Riley’s album came out a month ago, and I’m only just getting around to telling you about it. (Though I did feature it…