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Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - "Blueberry Jam" (track review)
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy's "Blueberry Jam" is a drug-induced, fruit-fueled criticism of the world we live in today.
20 Aug 2018
Music
Billy Wylder Wants Us to Hear the "Roar of the Wild" (premiere)
Former Bombino guitarist Avi Salloway brings his own brand of songwriting to the fore with multifaceted quartet Billy Wylder and their new song "Roar of the Wild".
02 Aug 2018
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CocoRosie: Heartache City
Still taking on taboos, CocoRosie's latest effort Heartache City finds melodic wonder in a fiery cosmos that is their poetry and horror.
19 Nov 2015
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Devendra Banhart: Mala
Mala is a cake that comes across as half-baked, which is sorrowful knowing that Banhart really wanted to have that cake and eat it, too.
11 Mar 2013
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Trouble, Strife and Endless Crooked Notes: 'Always in Trouble: An Oral History of ESP-Disk'
Jason Weiss offers an in-depth examination of one of the most important independent jazz and avant-rock record labels. Focusing on insiders’ recollections of the label’s rise and fall, Weiss presents an eye-opening tale of commercial reality colliding with imaginative ideals.
04 Oct 2012
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AU: Both Lights
On Both Lights, AU blends minimalist impulses with dramatic pop dynamics and flavor. It's the recipe for some great songs, but an inconsistent album experience.
25 Apr 2012
Music
Caroline Smith & The Good Night Sleeps: Little Wind
Smith has a quirky voice with a warble that resembles the freak-folk style of Joanna Newsom and Alela Diane. But while there is something Western about those two singers, Smith’s vocals have a Midwestern, plaintive air.
22 Nov 2011
Music
All the Apparatus: All the Apparatus
All the Apparatus is a rollicking, eclectic, and hysteric form of indie rock, perfect for those who prefer celebration over navel-gazing.
Philip Majorins
14 Sep 2011
Music
Skeletons: People
People is a dense, challenging listen, one that's grounded in reality and ever so more compelling as a result of it.
15 Jun 2011
Music
Akron/Family: S/T II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT
The latest helping of left-field psych-folk from the Brooklyn outfit is one of 2011’s first great albums.
09 Feb 2011
Music
The Winks: Twilights
If Lewis Carroll had come of age in the 1960s, started a band instead of writing books, and taken copious amounts of bad acid, he might have come up with something that sounds like arty Montreal psych-rockers The Winks.
Zachary Houle
06 Dec 2010
Music
Josephine Foster: Graphic As a Star
The Snow White of freak-folk gets her Emily Dickinson on.
02 Feb 2010
Music
Animal Collective: Water Curses
It’s been a full half-decade since Animal Collective came to prominence, bridging the gap between Brian Wilson and avant-garde tribal chant.
22 May 2008
Music
Ilya E. Monosov: Seven Lucky Plays, or How to Fix Songs for a Broken Heart
If his latest CD with the cumbersome title of is any indication, Ilya E. Monosov probably says profound things in between bouts of sitting and thinking.
01 Apr 2008
Music
Malachi: Holy Music
Considered to be one of the original albums of the “psych-folk” movement, this reissue of the 1966 album is one you could probably do without.
21 Aug 2007
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