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Aquamarine and Large Brush Collection Reviewed
February 6, 2024
Aquamarine – Looking In
Similar artists: Mapache, Spencer Hoffman, Ryan Pollie, Real Estate, Buck Meek
Genre: Indie Folk, Psychedelic Rock
Singer-songwriters are a bit like the folks who obsessively visit flea markets. On most of their incursions, they will…
Päter and Brent Amaker & the Rodeo Reviewed
January 29, 2024
Päter – Fear of the Dead
Similar artists: Adrianne Lenker, Haley Heynderickx, Bat For Lashes
Genre: Lo-fi Rock, Alternative Rock
There are plenty of terrible times to think about terrible things like …death. If you’re a pilot flying a plane, you don’t…
Backstrom (feat. Bart Topher) - Backstrom
January 18, 2024
There’s a reason why some of the great novelists don’t attempt to write their debut until they are well into their 50s. They need, at least, one great story to tell, and without having lived enough, there’s no reason to expect that a tale of this importance will just…
Cancion Franklin and Michael Feuerstack Reviewed
January 14, 2024
Cancion Franklin – Motel Room Bibles
Similar artists: Jason Isbell, Gillian Welch, Townes Van Zandt, John Prine, Chris Stapleton
Genre: Folk, Americana, Alt Country
It’s not easy to be a man that has no dreams. The human mind just seems to cook those up.
Youngest Sibling and One Last Job Reviewed
January 10, 2024
Youngest Sibling – This Old Brain
Similar artists: Daniel Johnston, Field Medic, Guided By Voices, Radiator Hospital
Genre: Indie Folk, Indie Pop
Great songs can come out of any place, can crawl out of nowhere and can be authored by the most unlikely of…
MOFGY and Nathaniel Bellows Reviewed
December 17, 2023
MOFGY – Whoop-De-Doo
Similar artists: SlobHeads, PLAY DEAD, Dread FM, Baby Dave
Genre: Folk rock
The world is short on any great villains. Even the billionaire emerald-mine owners are a parody of evil and more aking to desperate weeping babies. All this…
The Devin Cuddy Band and Amanda Palmer Reviewed
November 26, 2023
The Devin Cuddy Band – Dear Jane
Genre: Folk rock, Americana
There’s a notion that anyone can play music. Punk-rock, the reason why this website exists, is partly to blame for thinking this. Is it false? No, it’s accurate but represents incomplete…
Roland Dixon and Abe Loomis Reviewed
November 26, 2023
Roland Dixon – Fire Behind The Breeze
Similar artists: Jeff Buckley, Elliott Smith, Bob Dylan, Tyler Childers
Genre: Alt Country, Alternative Rock
We are naturally wired to want to hear stories. But lately, we haven’t had much time for them, and our time is…
Burn The Ladder and Aaron Rizzo Reviewed
October 30, 2023
Burn The Ladder – The Rabbit & The Crone
Similar artists: The Crane Wives, The Decemberists, The Mountain Goats, Jesca Hoop
Genre: Folk
Folk music is much too terrifying to be included on regular Halloween playlists. This happens because traditional…