Authors: Russ Holsten
Review: Kim Gordon — PLAY ME
With her third solo album PLAY ME, Kim Gordon has once again found reinvention. Still bringing the noise. Still the same Gordon bite, but with hip-hop beats. … read more
Review: Bonnie Prince Billy – We Are Together Again
Bonnie Prince Billy is a cool summer breeze, or that smell after it rains. He’s yacht rock if the yacht was built by Huck Finn and floating down the Mississippi. … read more
Review: Mitski — Nothing’s About to Happen to Me
On Nothing’s About To Happen To Me, Mitski removes the veil that hides the lonely, lost and isolated souls that drift wall-to-wall in their own homes, like ghosts. … read more
Review: Dry Cleaning — Secret Love
Secret Love, is a stunner. Vocalist Florence Shaw talk/sings in a delicious, deadpan and direct style, around her stream of consciousness. … read more
Review: Melody’s Echo Chamber — Unclouded
Melody’s Echo Chamber is the musical project of French musician Melody Prochet. Her latest album Unclouded is a shock to the senses. … read more
Local Review: Port Ross — Nighttime at Gardner Hall
With Nighttime At Gardner Hall, Port Ross gives us a record about death, loneliness, loss and being alive in a world that is a constant shipwreck. … read more
Top Five Alt-Americana Albums of 2025 for the Lost, Wounded...
My top five albums of 2025 fall under the category of alt-Americana. These are the voices that come from the fringes and hang onto the edges of every state. … read more
Review: Hotline TNT — Raspberry Moon
Get out the pressed polo shirts, khaki shorts, Top-Siders, blue and white lawn chairs and cocktails under sun hats. … read more
Local Review: Melissa Chilinski – Melissa Chilinski
Listening to Melissa Chilinski is like a sitting around a campfire: warm and welcoming, with a little bit of a wild side as the night goes on. … read more
Local Review: Rachael Jenkins — The End
This is a middle finger! This is Punk Rock! And Rachael Jenkins delivers it with a quiet guitar and a quivering voice, but the anger lingers just the same. … read more
Local Music Singles Roundup: May 2025
The through line for all six of these tracks is dissent (except for the ones that aren’t about dissent). Now, just like the past, is a great time for dissent. … read more
Local Music Singles Roundup: April 2025
Sometimes I have to throw up my hands and say I got nothing — nothing but six excellent singles from six killer local bands. … read more
