Given my own emotional state lately, I was a little nervous about listening to the new John Moreland album. Could I really handle another beautifully phrased litany of personal failures? I was happy to find that High on Tulsa Heat…
The Moonage Shine has released another delightfully weird EP. With three EPs/albums under their belt, it’s fair to say that these guys are consistent fantastic. Some people might be put off by the Moonage Shine’s willful flouting of folk and…
A word of advice about West Side Stories: don’t listen to it while you’re driving. The album is based on the real-life Irish-American that helped give Hell’s Kitchen its name. And while the songs themselves are about some pretty rowdy…
Last year the Devil’s Cut released the stunning No Salvation last year. Antium follows hard on its heels, though it’s not quite as bleak. In another change, the Celtic undertones aren’t as strong this time around, though the country-western feel…
It goes without saying that Micah Schnabel’s Not the Boy You Used to Know is one of the finest collections of songs you’ll hear this year. One third of Two Cow Garage, Micah can do no wrong in my book.…