Quite simply, this is the album that Sleater-Kinney fans have been waiting for. I was not initially sure if that meant it was a triumphant return. Though I was disappointed that the majority of the songs on The Corin Tucker…

Chicago-based Jeff Brown does not monkey around. A lawyer-musician, Brown came to me by way of Cobalt and the Hired Guns. Like Cobalt, Brown’s music challenging without being threatening. Brown describes his sound as “a singer-songwriter who got himself a…

Presented with little comment: an Uncle Tupelo tribute album featuring some of the best bands in rock’n’roll today. Two Cow Garage performed their version of “We’ve Been Had” at their New York show. I’ve heaped praise on Empty Orchestra in…

Coty Hogue knows her stuff. Specifically, she has a Masters in Appalachian Studies and spent her time in grad school studying folk music. These influences are readily apparent in the Montana native’s craft: though not slavishly devoted to the old-time…

Thanks to The Civil Wars, the alt-Americana scene seems to have seen a resurgence (or at least a renewed interest) in male-female duos: Shovels and Rope and The Parlor Soldiers, to name two, have started to garner critical acclaim. But…