Tagged: review
Josephine Foster: “I’m A Dreamer” Review
Experimental artist Josephine Foster recruited a handful of Nashville players for her most recent record I’m a Dreamer. The effect on her sound isn’t quite what you might think. While the record contains its...
Cate Le Bon: “Mug Museum” Review
There are two competing narratives in the press release accompanying Cate Le Bon’s newest record Mug Museum. One addresses the self-reflection following a death in the family (Le Bon’s maternal grandmother passed away, a...
Tara King Th: “Hirondelle et Beretta” Review
Parisian group Tara King Th made it pretty obvious with their debut album that they are big admirers of British band Broadcast. So when I discovered that their next album would be a soundtrack...
Live Thoughts: Aimee Mann at Dakota Jazz Club
Aimee Mann is certainly one of most charming and literate artists of the past few decades. From her new wave work with ‘Til Tuesday to her solo work through the 90s and up into...
Matthew De Gennaro: “Chuang Tzu Motherfucker” Review
Michigan loner Matthew De Gennaro’s recent album Chuang Tzu Motherfucker has been stuck in my car’s CD player for the past two weeks. And while normally this would prompt my listening to the radio...
Julianna Barwick: “Nepenthe” Review
It’s tempting to just sum up a review of the new Julianna Barwick record with a series of adjectives: “beautiful,” “ethereal” “angelic,” “epic,” etc. And in doing so you would probably get as close...