Starting 2015 on a gentler note, I found Chastity Brown on the same NPR listicle as Cayetana. Brown’s earthy blues vocals immediately grabbed my attention — the rest of it came later. Brown isn’t shy about blending influences and genres.…
This was a hard list to make, great year for music, blah blah blah 10. Nudie — Remember This This was the first album of 2014 that I fell for. Nudie combines the driest of wits with good old, dirt-kickin’…
I’ve made it pretty clear what I think of LA Salami in the past. Here’s a quiet meditation for your Friday afternoon. LA Salami — Official, Facebook, Camouflage Recordings
With a band name and album title like these you pretty much know what you’re in for. This is beer-soaked twang punk that’s easy enough to sing along to when you’re plastered but meaty enough to enjoy when you’re sober.…
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…