Taylor Coe

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Melody Walker and Jacob Groopman: We Made It Home

By Taylor Coe / 24 April 2014

Walker shows herself to be not just a talented songwriter, but a truly thoughtful voice, the sort of artist who seems to know something about the world, and who’s willing to share the knowledge in song.

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Old Buck: Old Buck

By Taylor Coe / 6 April 2014

A fun, joyous album: meaning that whether or not you know how to flatfoot dance, you’ll end up on your feet giving that awkward shuffle a go.

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The Darcys: Warring

By Taylor Coe / 6 April 2014

No doubt they have talent and ambition, but most of this album ends up feeling forced and a little bloated.

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James Vincent McMorrow: Post Tropical

By Taylor Coe / 10 March 2014

While there was always an arctic edge to McMorrow, Post Tropical only deepens the powerful sense of cold and chill that cloaks his work. Thank goodness for that.

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Mark Pickerel and His Praying Hands: Tess

By Taylor Coe / 6 March 2014

Mark Pickerel picks up where 2008’s Cody’s Dream left off -- a brand of muscular country-rock shaded with weird darkness.

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Yonder Mountain String Band: YMSB EP13

By Taylor Coe / 3 March 2014

Bluegrass for people who don’t really like bluegrass, Yonder Mountain hasn’t made much career progress for a band sometimes shuffled under the progressive bluegrass label.

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Elizabeth and the Catapult: Like It Never Happened

By Taylor Coe / 24 February 2014

As good as this album is, it’s ultimately less a cohesive entity of its own and more like a mishmash between great pop songwriting and the flighty, inspired production of Molad and Lalish.

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Andrea Tomasi: Hurricane Dream

By Taylor Coe / 23 February 2014

Andrea Tomasi goes out to Minnewaska State Park in the Catskills and slaps together what amounts to a tidy, inoffensive demo tape with some wilderness buzz in the background.