Authors: Cassidy McCraney
Review: Mothers – When You Walk A Long Distance You...
When You Walk is achingly good: the pierced-heart, splintered-bone, blurred-eyes kind of good. That it is only Mothers’ first full-length album is a wonder. … read more
Review: Marissa Nadler – Strangers
Marissa Nadler = Sharon Van Etten + The Cardigans + Sibylle Baier
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Review: Julianna Barwick – Will
Julianna Barwick = Sigur Rós x Enya … read more
Review: Kishi Bashi – Sonderlust
Kishi Bashi = Queen + Lord Huron + Electric Light Orchestra … read more
Review: Jenny Hval – Blood Bitch
Beginning and ending with synth, Jenny Hval’s “Blood Bitch” is a fusion of statement art-pop, burdened breathing and provocative soundbites (see: “Last night, I took my birth control with rosé”). This artist has long been a crusader for the second sex. … read more
Review: Jennifer O’Connor – Surface Noise
Jennifer O’Connor = Laura Veirs +Musicforthemorningafter–era Pete Yorn … read more
Review: Hospital Ships – The Past Is Not A Flood
Hospital Ships = Youth Lagoon + Papercuts + The Flaming Lips
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Local Review: Sam Burton – Until Returning
Sam Burton = Department of Eagles x (Nick Drake + Jackson C. Frank) … read more
Local Review: mini golf – We Weren’t Invited
mini golf = Tigers Jaw 2×2 (Bright Eyes + The Moldy Peaches)
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Local Review: Kitfox – To Keep You Company
Kitfox = Stars + Azure Ray
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