Ljova’s Lost in Kino (CD Review)
Ljova Lost in Kino Various Artists Kapustnik Records CD Probably most of us have sat through a film where the music seems to clash with the onscreen visuals; one that seems disconnected from the plot...
View ArticleLambchop: “Gone Tomorrow”
Leave it to Lambchop to eschew a glitzy promo video in favor of spotlighting Nashville’s underground wrestling community! The single “Gone Tomorrow,” taken from their new Merge CD Mr. M, is...
View ArticleM. Ward at SXSW (Video)
Love ‘em for the accessibility they’ve supplied for many listeners to streaming music or doubt their advocacy for fair compensation of labels and artists, Spotify has fast become a force in the music...
View ArticleCarrie Newcomer: “Everything is Everywhere” (Video)
Proceeds from Carrie Newcomer’s latest CD, Everything is Everywhere, benefit the Interfaith Hunger Initiative (IHI), an all-volunteer not-for-profit organization bringing together two dozen faith...
View ArticleBensh: “Doubt” (Video)
“Doubt” by Bensh is a good song: moody, folksy indie pop with a loping bass-line and a chorus that, while catchy enough to sing along with, still provides the appropriate dosage of angst. But, when...
View ArticleCarolina Chocolate Drops: “Country Girl” (Video)
“Country Girl” is a single off of Carolina Chocolate Drops’s latest full length recording, Leaving Eden, available now on Nonesuch Records.
View ArticleAlexander Tucker: Third Mouth (CD Review)
Alexander Tucker Third Mouth Thrill Jockey Alexander Tucker’s career began rustically and experimentally, with reference points ranging everywhere from folk inspired alternate tunings for acoustic...
View ArticleHirundo Maris
Hirundo Maris Arianna Savall and Petter Udland Johansen ECM New Series 2227 CD/Digi Swiss soprano and harpist Arianna Savall pairs with Norwegian folksinger, Hardanger fiddle player, and mandolinist...
View ArticleBest of 2012: Sharon Van Etten and Little Scream
Tramp (2012, Jagjaguwar) Two of our favorite indie pop/folk chanteuses, Sharon Van Etten and Little Scream made the most of 2012. Van Etten’s Tramp was a “breakout” album, but one in the best sense: it...
View ArticleDevendra Banhart: Für Hildegard von Bingen (YouTube)
Devendra Banhart’s new CD Mala is out March 12, 2013 on Nonesuch. Today he shared a teaser track that pays homage to one of our favorite musical abbesses. Check out “Für Hildegard von Bingen” below.
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