Sep 08, 2020
By Ben Jardine
Web Exclusive
There’s a deep sense of self-realization on Widowspeak’s fifth album, Plum, and it’s a sense that singer-songwriter Molly Hamilton intentionally explored during the album’s early stages. More
Sep 04, 2020
By Mark Moody
Web Exclusive
Prior to his first solo album, Every Feeling On a Loop, Josiah Johnson’s last recording with the band he founded was The Head and The Heart’s 2016 Signs of Light album. Johnson was the driving force behind successful releases like the group’s 2011 gold certified self-titled album. More
Sep 03, 2020
By Mark Moody
Pere Ubu
The list of artists in the music business for 40 plus years that still push themselves to create their best work is undoubtedly a short one. Many may plug along, but Pere Ubu’s David Thomas plugs in daily and pursues quality. More
Aug 21, 2020
By Caleb Campbell
Proper.
Brooklyn-based band Proper. (formerly known as Great Wight) already won fans over with their unfiltered brand of emo on 2017’s The Suburbs Have Ruined My Life. More
Aug 20, 2020
By Jordan J. Michael
Lower Dens
Since 1960, 82-year-old jazz saxophonist Archie Shepp has played saxophone and piano on at least 100 different releases, almost all as leader or co-leader. Shepp has shared blasts with John Coltrane, Max Roach, and Frank Zappa, but one of his better-regarded albums is 1972’s politically inspired Attica Blues.
