We Went There: Hard Quartet at First Ave
I’m not sure if they actually like each other as much as they seem, but I can hope. I have really like the debut, self-titled album from Hard Quartet, the indie-rock super group featuring...
Author: josh keller
We Went There: Shabaka at the Walker Art Center
Shabaka Hutchings, going by just Shabaka for his performance at the Walker Art Center on Thursday, strolled up to the microphone to kick off his set and told the crowd the “enjoy the vibrations.”...
Soothing Sunday: The Recently Reissued Flora by Ambient Legend Hiroshi Yoshimura
This series seeks to highlight options for musical escapism for those of us who find the end of the weekend, and the looming resumption of the hustle and stress of the “work week”, with...
We Went There: Adrian Younge at the Turf Club
I was a bit surprised to walk into the Turf Club Friday night to see a main level bursting at the seams with fans, and from his comments from the stage, it seems like...
We Went There: Cymande at the Varsity Theater
Cymande, a once forgotten but now legendary British soul/funk group who were dug, literally, from the crates of obscurity by early hip hop legends who mined their beats, are getting a late career resurgence...
Introducing: The charming bedroom indie pop of “Caught in a Trap” by Family Ledgers (Tape Release Show Tonight!)
Family Ledgers is a new, solo bedroom project of local musician Greg Sullo, and he’s released a track called “Caught in a Trap” ahead of the full release of his debut tape New Dad....
ÖLÜM Mine Anatolian Psych Rock on Outstanding First Single “Aman (Ordunun Dereleri )”
Like Reviler favorite Altin Gün, ÖLÜM are a band that liberally mine the 1960-80s goldmine of Turkish psych rock genre commonly known as Anatolian Rock and bring it into our cursed timeline. They are...
Soothing Sunday: The Space-y, Twin Peaks & E2-E4 Referencing “some fantastic proportion” by Friends Meeting
This series seeks to highlight options for musical escapism for those of us who find the end of the weekend, and the looming resumption of the hustle and stress of the “work week”, with...
