Bob Dylan Bringing It All Back Home on numbered limited edition hybrid SACD from Mobile Fidelity. Dylan's 1965 Landmark blows up boundaries, styles, practicalities: rock music...
For some, the problem with John Grant's second solo album will be the absence of Midlake. Grant's Queen of Denmark was, after all, deemed the best album of 2010 by Mojo, largely...
Hey. Here is the new John Grant album. A different sound on some songs for sure. Enjoy! (Not available in the US.) John Grant – Pale Green Ghosts Filed under: 2013, Singer...
Never afraid of risks or going out on a limb, Grant dives head first into electronic pop for his second solo record.
Morning. The latest album by folk-rock singer-songwriter Richard Thompson was added to Spotify earlier this week. Enjoy! Richard Thompson – Electric Filed under: 2013, Folk, Rock...
"Following on the heels of an album where he repudiated his past with his greatest backing band, Blood on the Tracks finds Bob Dylan, in a way, retreating to the past, recording a...
Pedestrian Verse was released the first week in February. I am writing this the second week in May. With a solid three-month resting period, this review is not one of initial...
It’s easy to tear into an indie rock band for even remotely “U2-ing it up”, and “Acts of Man,” the first track off of Frightened Rabbit’s Pedestrian Verse, certainly does that...
Frightened Rabbit's major label full-length debut is a triumphant album. It expertly expands on their previous work with a big, muscular series of anthems that investigate faith...
Growing up in Selkirk, Scotland, Scott Hutchison was a shy boy. Left in a room with other kids, he would go quiet, and for this, the story goes, his mother called him "her...
Anthemic, only occasionally overbearing Scottish miserablists carry on a proud tradition.
Cometh the hour, cometh the bun-bun; whispers have been building for years that Frightened Rabbit's time must be nigh. Soon, the juncture when things finally align for their...
This year sees the 30th anniversary of the Pogues. The anniversary gigs in Paris featured the full band line-up: Shane MacGowan, Spider Stacey, Jem Finer, James Fearnley, Andrew...
Hello. Here is an album from last week. Dolfish may be a somewhat odd name for an artist, but the music – ranging from folk to rock – is sweet enough. Enjoy! (One review here...
The signature Crazy Horse move is The Huddle. No matter how big the stage, Neil Young, Billy Talbot, and Frank "Poncho" Sampedro will inevitably find themselves tightly packed in...
The name of Neil Young and Crazy Horse's current tour - Alchemy - provides an apt description of the contents of this much overdue reunion, which turns base materials - a few...
"You've been such a great crowd standing out here in the pouring rain so we're gonna play some more for you!" The scene is a sodden and muddy Finsbury Park, August 2001 and Neil...
Crabby, indulgent, monolithic, noisy, and joyously terrifying, as only Neil can do it
[180x180[<]It really doesn't work on paper- a Swiss band, with a Lebanese-born singer, playing Louisiana Cajun music with a garage-punk twist. The presence of Jon Spencer as...
Bad Books, a collaboration between Manchester Orchestra and Kevin Devine, return with their second full length Bad Books II . The album was recorded at the Favorite Gentleman...
The central issue with the first album by Bad Books-a band formed with immediate zine attention on it thanks to its existence comprising strictly of singer/songwriter Kevin Devine...
Intimacy is the first thing that comes to mind when thinking about what makes for a great Frightened Rabbit song. It's true in multiple senses of the word-- much of their work is...
Bob Dylan returns. The results are immeasurably more compelling than we have any right to expect from a 71-year old songwriting legend on his 35th album.
It seems redundant to apply more adjectives to Bob Dylan's singing voice-- easily the most infamous rasp in American music, a cultivated tangle of disdain and nicotine and bad...
Hey. The fine new album by singer-songwriter Bob Dylan is now available for all Spotify listeners. Enjoy! Bob Dylan – Tempest Filed under: 2012, Singer-songwriter
Bill Fay is one of English music's best kept secrets. At the dawn of the 1970s, he was a one-man song factory, with a piano that spilled liquid gold and a voice every bit the...
You don't need a history lesson to love Life Is People, the third proper album by British singer-songwriter Bill Fay. If you've ever enjoyed the records of Pink Floyd or Randy...
Good evening. My trip went well and my Internet works fine where I’m staying now. Here is the new album by The Black Swans. Genre: folk/rock. Enjoy! The Black Swans – Occasion For...
Jerry DeCicca is a Midwestern songwriter the same way that Patterson Hood is a Southern songwriter or that Robin Pecknold is a Pacific Northwest songwriter. Ohio is in the Ohioan...
A 10th album carried by mature, polished songwriting and light-touch production.
Broken Brights marks a departure for Stone, and not just from recording with his long-term musical co-conspirator Julia. The album, produced by Angus, is also proof that he can...
Angus Stone demonstrates his mastery of his craft with a collection of honestly-sung folk pop songs that anyone in our out of love and desire will relate to.
Florida's Alexander and The Grapes are a revelation. Young minds and hearts meld with influences worn boldly on their collective sleeves. We won't say indie or alt-country. We won...
A work of stringent originality performed by an ensemble that deserves to be heard.
Neil Young's legend has essentially been built through obfuscation; he's accumulated one of the most celebrated yet byzantine songbooks in rock by impulsively shifting course...
Surely Neil Young must be off his rocker. For his first album in nearly 9 years with Crazy Horse, the band that began its association with Young with epic, career-defining tracks...
Hey there. Here is a cover album from from last week. Genre: rock. Enjoy Neil Young & Crazy Horse! Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Americana Filed under: 2012, Rock
Shakey and the Horse ride again, rumble through a set of folk standards like wild and crazy kids.
Hi again. The great new album by Father John Misty (aka J. Tillman) is another very recent addition to the Spotify library. Genre: folk-rock. Recommended listening. Enjoy! Father...
Using the cloak of an alter ego, Tillman creates a warm, witty and stirring album, that contains at least two genuine instant classics.
Even before he joined Fleet Foxes in 2008, Josh Tillman had established a sound that made virtues of austerity and quiet, pitching his songs at a slow pace that at best bristled...
Father John Misty is the nom-de-plume of Josh Tillman, who has been releasing solo albums since 2003 and who recently left Seattle's Fleet Foxes after playing drums from 2008-2011...
Using the cloak of an alter ego, Tillman creates a warm, witty and stirring album, that contains at least two genuine instant classics.
Father John Misty is Josh Tillman, former drummer for Fleet Foxes, and for the heightened level of likeminded approach to his previous band mates displayed here, Tillman could be...
Initially out last year on a small vinyl-only edition, this collection of skewed country-soul greatness deserves to be heard by more ears.
Hello. This album by Hiss Golden Messenger, released back in April, was added to Spotify some weeks back. Genre: alt-country rock. Read this review and enjoy! (US version here...
A low-key triumph, the fourth album by this cult Americana act centred on North Carolina-based songwriter MC Taylor and New York multi-instrumentalist Scott Hirsch deserves to...
A low-key triumph, the fourth album by this cult Americana act centred on North Carolina-based songwriter MC Taylor and New York multi-instrumentalist Scott Hirsch deserves to...
For Horse Feathers' latest album, Justin Ringle brought in scores of Portland musicians to add flourishes of piano, reeds, banjo, and horns. But he's expanding the band's palette...
Delta Spirit's self-titled third album finds the San Diego quintet firing on all cylinders – road-tested and armed with the breakthrough album of their career. Years of non-stop...
The first album by Delta Spirit, Ode to Sunshine, contained a lot of energy, a nice antidote to some of the lethargic indie pop of the time. More
Cryptex is well learned for being an 18 year kid bursting onto the Glitch Hop scene. His new release, Isolated Incidents, out today on Gravitas Recordings is sure to push some...
