COMPLEXITY DRESSED AS SIMPLICITY: ONR. FINDS HIS VOICE
In story and in song, sometimes the most compelling, resonant conclusion is the one that’s left to the mind’s eye. Inspired to write from…
Caitlin Phillips
ALBUM REVIEW: ‘MOTEL LA GRANGE’ BY THE NATIONAL RESERVE
When you consider The National Reserve and their story so far, it’s only fitting that for the first few seconds of their new LP,…
LANGHORNE SLIM PLAYS A POWERFUL SET IN PENNSYLVANIA
Perfection, as we often define it, is boring. It’s robotic and vacant. Hollow and cold. Lifeless and safe. True flawlessness occurs when virtue and…
ALBUM REVIEW: ‘CLEAN’ BY SOCCER MOMMY
When you shake the dust off an essential album and hold it in your hands, the feather light feel of the vinyl couldn’t possibly…
INTERVIEW: LANGHORNE SLIM ON THE JOYS OF BEING LOST AT LAST
“I feel like I forget the processes of the past, for good and for bad.” The sands of time can be unforgiving. Although for…
BARNS COURTNEY & THE FIRE THAT FUELED THE ATTRACTIONS OF YOUTH
For most, the unremarkable possessions that cover the rooms we pass through everyday feel mundane and lifeless. Although for someone like Barns Courtney, all…
ALBUM REVIEW: ‘MOTEL CITY HONEY’ BY LEVEE DRIVERS
On Motel City Honey, Levee Drivers show their teeth by dragging every rough edge and feral strain within their music from the outskirts to…
ALBUM REVIEW: ‘SHILPA RAY STARS AS DOOR GIRL’ BY SHILPA RAY
The idea of what an album cover could and should be has undergone countless revisions since the pre rock and roll days of perfectly…
LOW CUT CONNIE, CHILL MOODY & ALI WADSWORTH THROW ONE HELL OF A PARTY AT UNION TRANSFER
When she sings, Ali Wadsworth unchains an intensity that’s unable to be traced back to anything calculated or manufactured. It’s real, raw music for…
ALBUM REVIEW: GOODNIGHT RHONDA LEE BY NICOLE ATKINS
As unique to ones individuality as a fingerprint, the precise phrasing and tone of our speech is a singular characteristic that isn’t meant to…