Category: FEATURES

Mountain Goats: American Goth
The Mountain Goats explore goth culture (including unicorns) on their new album. It all started with Andrew Eldritch, the lead

Imaginary Tricks: Brooklyn Dodger
The artful racket of Imaginary Tricks Mike Visser calls it his “carpal tunnel routine”: the marathon looping sessions at Brooklyn’s

Laura Marling: Musings On Muses
With Semper Femina, Laura Marling explores what it’s like to be a woman A conversation with Laura Marling about her

Diet Cig: Thank You For Smoking
After a long gestation, Diet Cig unleashes its debut full-length Three years ago, nascent guitarist/songwriter Alex Luciano attended a house

Sneaks: Skewed Punk Jazz
With It’s A Myth, Sneaks proves bass is the place Eva Moolchan, the woman who performs and records as Sneaks,

Los Campesinos!: Alone Again Or
Los Campesinos! frontman Gareth Campesinos! tries to work it all out on Sick Scenes It might sound like a corny

Jessi Colter And Lenny Kaye: The Lord Is Their Shepherd
Outlaw country queen Jessi Colter and garage-punk avatar Lenny Kaye roll holy for The Psalms There is absolutely nothing off

Jay Som: Working Woman
Melina Duterte’s Jay Som is a long-in-the-making overnight sensation In the winter of 2016, Melina Duterte posted Turn Into online.

Will Johnson: This Charming Man
Centro-matic vet Will Johnson returns with a stellar solo LP Will Johnson used to split his time among Centro-matic, South

Wolf Eyes: (Inner) Space Is The Place
On its near-500th release since forming in 1996, prolific Detroit noise-terrorists Wolf Eyes turn inward and down on Undertow To

Lydia Ainsworth: The Sweet Hereafter
Lydia Ainsworth explores the subconscious on Darling Of The Afterglow The songs Lydia Ainsworth composes to support her poignant explorations

Imelda May: Life And How To Live It
Following a divorce and the resulting depression, Imelda May hit the reset button with Life, Love, Flesh, Blood Imelda May

Crystal Fairy: Delicate Soundz
Crystal Fairy is much more than the sum of its parts It began, as these things often do, with Jello

Chicano Batman: Paradise Now
The political is personal and poetic for Chicano Batman As far as psychedelic alt-Latino bands with major dollops of soul