Nov 17, 2015 By Matt Fink Low

Alan Sparhawk says I caught him on a chatty day, something that seems to surprise him as much as it does me. Knowing him only through the 11 resolutely inward-looking albums he has made with Mimi Parker, his wife and co-leader in Low, I don’t expect him to be quite so outgoing and approachable. More

Nov 16, 2015 By Matt Fink Low

After 22 years as one-half of the husband-and-wife songwriting team in Low, vocalist/guitarist Alan Sparhawk has developed a thesis on longevity. Bands that have been around so long inevitably fall into one of two categories: they either survive by carving out a distinctly identifiable sound and repeating it over and over, or they never allow their aesthetic to fully congeal and attempt to reinvent themselves with each release. More

Nov 12, 2015 By Michael Wojtas Issue #54 - August/September 2015 - CHVRCHES

“You get asked in interviews, ‘What would your dream collaboration be?’ I would always say Tim Presley, and he’d say me,” recalls Welsh singer/songwriter Cate Le Bon. After remaining close friends and adoring mutual fans for years, it was perhaps inevitable that Le Bon and White Fence architect Presley would join forces. More

Nov 11, 2015 By Michael Wojtas Issue #54 - August/September 2015 - CHVRCHES

St. Catherine, Matt Mondanile’s fifth and most ambitious album as Ducktails, grapples with romantic entanglement and adult apprehensions in a manner that feels startlingly direct, especially when juxtaposed with the naivety and nostalgia that colored his past releases. However, when it comes to explicating his development as a songwriter, the Ducktails mastermind and Real Estate guitarist is rather nonchalant. More