Conor O’Brien seems to be living in two worlds. The first is the folky world of his first release in 2010 Becoming A Jackal, the second a more danceable iteration from this years release, The Art of Pretending To Swim.…
More than just a name for their second long player, Emily Kelly and Graham Coe of The Jellyman’s Daughter know Dead Reckoning is a way of calculating one’s current position. While not the most accurate approach, it gets the job…
The career of Dawn Landes hasn’t run in a straight line. She has always gone where the spirit moved her, never making the safe choice. That would explain why she released Covers, an EP of tunes by Bruce Springsteen, Tom…
Friday, July 20, 2018 In a light drizzle, Chicago’s own The Curls took to the stage at 1 p.m. Blending everything from the B-52s to Frank Zappa, this five-piece band didn’t even notice the weather as they played with abandon. Throwing out…
At the end of a very painful breakup, Lizzie Weber harnessed her emotions in a set of songs that were too painful to perform. Now, some four years later, the scars have lost much of their sting. The results found…
How do you improve a masterpiece? For Stephen “Ragga” Marley the idea was simple, To improve Bob Marley’s Kaya for the 40th anniversary of its release it needed a new mix, one that captured both the vibrance and urgency of the…
The Flaming Lips have never been a band to do anything halfway. They’ve released records encased with their own blood, and for Record Store Day 2018, they pressed albums with their Dragons & Yum Yums brand of Dogfish Head Ale…
Sporting a name that was the first thing that popped Laura Marling’s goddaughter’s head, LUMP is rapidly becoming a behemoth. Pairing the Mercury prize-winning producer, founder of both Tunng and Throws, Mike Lindsay with Grammy-nominated and Brit award-winner Marling came…
Father John Misty is having a miserable time. God’s Favourite Customer makes that much perfectly clear. Pure Comedy featured a Josh Tillman who had it all figured out. He was churning out the press for months before the disc came…
Dr. Dog is on a mission. Twice during the course of the night they tell their fans to “take care of each other.” That notion of caring is at the heart of who they are, as well as their music.…