Category The Basics

James Burrows — Paradise Cinema

I’ve been sitting on my hands for a good amount of time now, waiting until the general public can get James Burrows’ debut album into their little paws. This album is great. I love it. I know I love almost…

The Last Tycoon — Death by Dixie

The title track on the Last Tycoon’s new EP, Death By Dixie, is a sleeper. With the climbing banjos, mandolins, and John Gladwin’s delicate voice, at first I thought the guy was just another pretty-boy hipster with nothing to say.…

Great Peacock AND Quiet Hollers

Great Peacock wowed me about two years ago with their first EP. It takes a lot for a song to sear itself into my psyche for that long, but “Take Me to the Mountain” and “Desert Lark” have done just…