Fran - "Leaving" | Album Review
Leaving is the second full length release from Midwest indie folk band Fran (aka Maria Jacobson), continuing on the path of heartbreaking longing and beautiful melodies powered by her stunning vocals. Jacobson's ability to weave entrancing tales is jaw-dropping, reinforced by the very compelling material throughout the album.
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Strange Attractor - "Good Boy Bad Boy" | Album Review
Nighttime - "Keeper Is The Heart" | Album Review
Disheveled Cuss - "Into The Couch" | Album Review
On Into the Couch, the second LP under the Disheveled Cuss moniker, Nick Reinhart continues to stay weird in all the right ways. The album as a whole is flush with moments that bait you into thinking a pop hook or familiar change is on the way, yet he manages to zag at every zig, keeping both his melodies and thematic elements surprising.
Florry - "Cowgirl In A Ditch" | Post-Trash Premiere
Florry has grown from a quartet to a septet, upping the guitars while adding fiddle, pedal steel, and additional vocals, adding muscle to their twang with as much weight to the easy going structures as the impeccable lyrics. Led by Francie Medosch, Florry return with Sweet Guitar Solos, a new EP due out via Dear Life Records.
Frankie Cosmos - "Inner World Peace" | Album Review
For Frankie Cosmos’ fifth studio album, growing pains give way to the shaky legs on which the indie-pop quartet takes its first steps into real life. After over a decade at work, their primordial beginnings as a home-based solo project are gone but not forgotten. Inner World Peace totes the patient deliberateness that comes with maturity.
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PJ Harvey - "B-Sides, Demos & Rarities" | Album Review
Despite her prolific output, the PJ Harvey archives still boast plenty of rare and previously unreleased material to spare, enough to fill the 6xLP box set. B-Sides, Demos & Rarities, released last year to the delight of hardcore PJ Harvey fans, is all the evidence one needs to crown Harvey one of the greatest songwriters of her generation.
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Che Noir - "The Last Remnants" | Album Review
Che establishes her values around family, the music industry, and people in general; she sets boundaries when she says, "Feed your brothers/When you eat your supper, don't eat with suckers" and means it. The vivid stories of The Last Remnants revolve around stories about family, tragedy, and a talented community ever-growing.
Lee Fields - "Sentimental Fool" | Album Review
Lee Fields is nothing short of a living legend. Dubbed “Little JB” for his likeness to James Brown, the singer continues to carry the torch of soul and funk on his invigorating 19th studio album Sentimental Fool. Fields’ latest regroups The Dap-Kings, lead by Gabriel Roth aka Bosco Mann, for a pointedly classic occasion.
Mulva - "Shouldn't Fear The Seer" | Post-Trash Premiere
We’ve been eager to hear exactly what Christina Puerto (Kal Marks, Bethlehem Steel) has been cooking up with Mulva. Pulling together a band of frequent collaborators, she’s joined by Carl Shane (Kal Marks), Adam Berkowitz (Ex-Breathers), and Patrick Ronayne (Bethlehem Steel, Baglady), creating an instant chemistry for their downward sludge.
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The Lentils - "Ixnay on the Entilslay" | Album Review
Some Lentils albums feel stuffed and a bit frantic. Budget Alchemy was packed with brash horns and violins. Comparatively, Ixnay on the Entilslay is sparse and gentle. The majority of its nine songs lull the listener into a peaceful haze with simple and repetitive acoustic guitar ideas with often as little as a shaker to back it up.
