Understanding Fleet Foxes’ Crack-Up By Hiking In The Wilderness
Repeated listens of Fleet Foxes' new LP Crack Up yield new secrets, writes Daniel Carlson, who explains it's connection to the rugged outback of Washington.
Album Reviews
Wilsen: I Go Missing In My Sleep | An Homage to Stillness
Wilsen's intricate, complex, and engaging debut LP, I Go Missing In My Sleep sounds like the settling of stars into wave patterns.
A Day on the D.C. Metro with Jay Som’s Everybody Works
I added Jay Som’s latest release, Everybody Works, to my phone and hit play upon arriving at the bus stop. Here’s the internal monologue that followed.
Danzig: Black Laden Crown | The Dying Elephant In The Room
On his eleventh studio album 'Black Laden Crown', Danzig plays to his strengths of blues metal guitar riffs and questionable vocals.
Roger Waters’ Is This the Life We Really Want?
Roger Waters' Is This the Life We Really Want? is the album we all need in our lives to reflect on, to let sink in our consumerist, blind minds.
With His Back To The Crowd: Art Jackson’s Atrocity’s Live In Europe | Lost Live Jazz Recording
An archive from the B.G.M. vault revisits a lost live recording from one of Jazz music's most talented and obscure acts, Art Jackson's Atrocity.
Soundgarden: Down On The Upside | The End Of An Era
No matter how you look at it, with or without rose-colored glasses, 1996 was the death of Alternative...
Actress: AZD | Your Guide to Contemporary Electro
AZD all makes sense as a complete musical thought! Actress refuses to dumb down his aesthetic or ideas for the uninitiated.
Land of Talk: Life After Youth | Elizabeth Powell Making Music on Her Own Terms
Land of Talk's Life After Youth is the result of an artist still having something to say, and I think we owe it to Elizabeth Powell to listen carefully.
Soundgarden: Superunknown | Chris Cornell’s Crowning Achievement
The highlight of Superunknown that shines above the fantastic musicianship is Chris Cornell's voice and even more than that his vocal delivery and lyrics.