Maybe one of the biggest albums of 2021, in literal terms. And figurative. Continue reading
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“Courtney Barnett Slows Down and Finds Happiness in Little Things on ‘Things Take Time, Take Time'”
Records this good don’t just happen overnight, so musicians: Take all the time you need. Continue reading
“On ‘Prospect,’ AHI Masters Control and Connection”
The prospects for this album are looking…really good. Unlike this stupid joke. Continue reading
“Family and Future Loom Large on Lowland Hum’s ‘At Home’”
Happy Halloween, our children and their grandchildren will need to wear hazmat suits to go outside in the future. Continue reading
“Cold War Kids Adapt to Changing Times with ‘New Age Norms 3′”
What a time to be a Cold War Middle Aged Man. Continue reading
“Lilly Hiatt’s Style Takes a Hushed Turn on ‘Lately'”
The Lilly Hiatt reviewer has logged on. Continue reading
“SPOTLIGHT: Joshua Ray Walker Puts the Sounds of Sunset into ‘See You Next Time’”
The mournful title of a capper to a really great novel-esque trio of country records. Continue reading
“On ‘Songwrights Apothecary Lab,’ Esperanza Spalding Probes the Power of Music”
Gonna give away the conclusion here: Music has a lot of power. Continue reading
“Sax Helps The Faux Paws Stand Out in Roots Music”
I mean, you can forget the saxophone; you had me with that extremely punny name. Continue reading
“It’s a ‘Long Time Coming,’ But Sierra Ferrell Has Figured Herself Out”
An even longer time coming: This blog post. Is it as worth the wait as the album? No. Continue reading
“Yola Shows Us Who She Is on ‘Stand for Myself'”
You might as well stand for yourself, sometimes it seems like no one’s gonna do that for you. Continue reading
“It’s Getting ‘Dark in Here’ for The Mountain Goats”
Who knew that a bit of darkness would be such a bother for a bunch of goats? Continue reading
“Mark Rubin Explores Uneasy Borders of Jewish Identity and Southern Culture”
Not “the” Jew, but “a” Jew, though c’mon, there really aren’t that many members of the Tribe in the Sooner State. Continue reading
“SPOTLIGHT: Amythyst Kiah Makes a Statement of Self on ‘Wary + Strange’”
Imagine the song “Black Myself.” Imagine me, a white guy, singing “Black Myself” with the windows rolled down. Imagine me rolling the windows up because I feel like I don’t deserve to sing “Black Myself.” Anyways, good song. Continue reading
“‘There Used To Be Horses Here,’ But Now There’s Grief”
An album so stricken with grief that I can’t bring myself to make a witty smartass remark about it here. Continue reading
“Rod Abernethy Connects with Current Times on ‘Normal Isn’t Normal Anymore’”
A title that supposes normal has ever been normal, though of course nothing is even close to whatever passes as normal, so it’s a wash. Continue reading
A Constant Visual Feast 