by Bob Fish • • Comments Off on Album | Lizzie Weber – You
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…
by Bob Fish • • Comments Off on Album | Bob Marley & the Wailers – Kaya 40
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…
by Bob Fish • • Comments Off on Album | Flaming Lips – Greatest Hits Vol.1
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…
by Bob Fish • • Comments Off on Album | LUMP – Lump
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…
by Bob Fish • • Comments Off on Album | Father John Misty – God’s Favourite Customer
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…
by Bob Fish • • Comments Off on Live | Dr Dog – Riviera Theatre, Chicago, May 5th 2018
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.…
by Bob Fish • • Comments Off on Album | Eleanor Freidberger – Rebound
Following her 2017 tour, Eleanor Friedberger took a sojourn to Greece to recharge and explore her Greek heritage. She also learned to do the chicken dance at Rebound a late night, or early morning club (depending on your perspective of…
by Bob Fish • • Comments Off on Album | Okkervil River – In the Rainbow Rain
Will Sheff is a happy man. He’s rebuilt Okkervil River, finally moved out of New York, and following a successful 2016 tour he and the new band went back into the studio and recorded In The Rainbow Rain. On this…
by Bob Fish • • Comments Off on Album | L.A Salami – The City of Bootmakers
Lookman Adekunle Salami has already been given the Bob Dylan Curse. For those who consider him to be the “next Bob Dylan” the question really is why can’t he simply be the first L.A. Salami? Based on The City of…
by Bob Fish • • Comments Off on Album | Josh Rouse – Love in the Modern Age
Josh Rouse has gone out on a ledge for his new album, Love In The Modern Age. At the heart of it he’s always been a man with a guitar, yet on his latest the guitar has been set aside…