Oct 12, 2018
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Kurt Vile's latest album, Bottle It In, stretches across a long-winded 79 minutes. An album of such length would typically meet a great deal of criticisms, a drawn-out and wearisome divergence of windows-down freeway rock: this is Vile's forte, though, and his musters and oddball sentences are revered and cherished, his vocal presence undemanding but completely addictive. More
Oct 12, 2018
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Oftentimes, sequels don't mess with the formula that made the original a hit. Molly Burch knows what works for her—with a breezy country outfit, the Austin transplant lends her commanding, jazz-trained croon to tunnel-vision love songs. More
Oct 11, 2018
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Hot on the heels of last year's Night Night at the First Landing, Oakland, CA native Madeline Kenney returns with a kinder, gentler, and more eclectic collection of songs she calls Perfect Shapes. More
Oct 11, 2018
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Anyone who's ever been in the same room as master craftsman Lonnie Holley has surely felt his shamanic presence. His debut from six years ago, Just Before Music, bottled that cosmic essence without any earthly interference; ever since then, guests have hopped on to shape these otherworldly jams into slightly more familiar forms. More
Oct 10, 2018
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There is a subset of Cursive fans for whom 2003's The Ugly Organ remains one of the most vital and visceral indie rock offerings this side of the millennium. Pretty cool for said subset to scroll through the preemptive press on Vitriola and see a few mentions of it. More
Oct 10, 2018
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Like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get with Bambi, the sophomore album by Hippo Campus. Both high tech and lo-fi with a DIY mentality, it's a quirky, somewhat angular dream pop mixture with introspective lyrics. More
Oct 09, 2018
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How does folk music pacify the way it does? All it is is centrally a combination of a guitar and a voice. Actor Sam Elliott's character makes the fundamental observation in the 2018 remake of A Star is Born that, "Music is essentially 12 notes between any octave.... More
Oct 09, 2018
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Many know him as "Professor Boogie" in Kamasi Washington's live band, but few might be familiar with Brandon Coleman's solo work. With his debut solo record, Resistance, the keyboardist has etched out a corner of the R&B/funk genre in style. More
Oct 08, 2018
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Issue #64 - Kamasi Washington
Amber Arcades seemed to be on a trajectory to indie rock fame, building a reputation with a satisfying mix of dream pop and motor driven guitar pop over a couple of EPs and 2016's LP Fading Lines. Less of a band and more of a solo project of Dutch singer/songwriter Annelotte de Graaf, Amber Arcades has now veered off target.
Oct 05, 2018
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Five and a half years have ticked over since Phosphorescent's last album, Muchacho, a punishing period for many. The warmth and comfort of Matthew Houck's records somehow seemed to make more sense back in the halcyon days of spring 2013, but upon this return, perhaps his presence has never been more needed. More
