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SCOUT NIBLETT – “IT’S UP TO EMMA” (DRAG CITY)
Blending raw minimalism with beautiful sentiment, It’s Up To Emma both rips and soars, with as many loud snare cracks as it has lush string arrangements. “My Man” slowly boils to life with twangy electric guitar & delicate violins. Drum rolls fill “Woman And Man”. Later, we get a dirge-like cover of TLC’s “No Scrubs”. […]
Bill Callahan – Dream River
“The first thing you notice is that Bill Callahan is in no hurry. On “The Sing”, the ballad that opens his warm, weary new album, Dream River, words roll by like cloud formations on a calm day: “Drinking…while sleeping…strangers…unknowingly…keep me company.” And afterwards there’s a pause as the line hovers there, like something hanging above the doorway into […]
MIKE DONOVAN – “WOT”
FOUNDING MEMBER OF SIC ALPS’ SOLO DEBUT. SKELETAL & ECHOED FOLK, BACKWOODS BLUES, ACOUSTIC SHUFFLE WITH HARMONICA. PLAY: 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 12 RIYL: CASS MCCOMBS, NEIL YOUNG, TY SEGALL (SLEEPER), SIC ALPS
CAVE -“THREACE”
Expansive funk minimalism, new soul-jazz meets math-rock with two guitars, organs, sax & flute textures, driving beats. PLAY: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 RIYL: COMETS ON FIRE, LUMERIANS, ETERNAL TAPESTRY
TY SEGALL – “SLEEPER”
LO-FI ACOUSTIC RELEASE WITH PSYCHED-OUT REVERB AND FUZZY NOISE AT TIMES. SOMBER RAMBLING POP BLUES, FALSETTOS & 60’S SOUNDS. PLAY: 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10 RIYL: KURT VILE, JOHN LENNON, NEIL YOUNG
Purling Hiss – Water On Mars
Expansive psych/garage rock, with off-kilter vocals that bring J Mascis to mind (especially on ‘Mercury Retrograde’). Many of the songs are led by melodies that are frequently disrupted by interjected guitar riffs and jams. ‘Dead Again’ sounds like an acoustic Nirvana song without the tormented vocals. Lead singer Mike Polizz’s laid-back vocal delivery can get stuck in […]
Dawn McCarthy & Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy- What the Brothers Sang
A tribute to the Everly Brothers, these songs emote everywhere. Sung by two folk legends-to-be, the album straddles the genres of blues, folk and indie. Check it out. RIYL: Peggy Honeywell FCC: CLEAN CHECK OUT: 2,4,8,12
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