Lee N. Sage — Lee N. Sage
The Michigan Woods, where Lee N. Sage (nee Bobby LeSage) wrote his EP makes its presence felt in these four songs. Sage infuses all four songs with a lush guitar stream that fills his sonic spaces. Like sunlight through a…
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Susannah Winspear — Slightly Unemployed
Slightly Unemployed, is, quite simply, a delight. Winspear’s lyrics are so pointed and timely that she is a one-person latter-day Gilbert and Sullivan. Slightly Unemployed celebrates the anxieties of a twenty-going-on-thirty-something in this day and age. Joyously. With a swing…
Partner — In Search of Lost Time
It’s been a while since I’ve fallen so hard for a bad, but maybe it’s because I can see so much of myself in the band. Proudly queer and absolutely hilarious, Partner introduces a new paradigm of queer portrayal in…
The Sparklers — All the Prettiest Girls Go Straight to Hell
The Sparklers’ previous album, Crying at the Low Bar, came out back in 2012 and has been living with me, in one way or another, since. Click the tag for the proof but that album has been one of my…
Nick Ralg — Home
I wrote about Nick Ralg’s EP Alright not too long ago, but the full album, Home, is out now. Ralg uses a light touch of roots music to create a warmth around his otherwise window-shattering chamber pop. I’m still in…