Enjoy the journey over the destination with Connie Han’s “Crime Zone”
When a new musician chooses to develop in a legacy-dense historical canon that like of jazz, is it a crime to decide that they will…
TTNG revives its carnival of “Animals” with “Acoustic” artistry
Where does an album that’s simultaneously old, new, the same, and decidedly different, fall in the spectrum of creative musical invention? Math rockers, TTNG (formerly…
From Paris with Love: Alpaca Sports send mixed signals on new album
Looks can be deceiving. Sometimes a smile doesn’t guarantee the person giving it is happy. Sometimes a frown or grimace is sarcastic. Sometimes, as is…
Edison roars with emotions on final “Lion’s Heart EP”
Knowing there would at least be one last recorded outing by the vagabond trio of Edison was a comfort but, that didn’t mean saying goodbye…
Thank Death Cab for Cutie for a new album today
One would imagine that if a band has reached its second decade of sustained and well received existence, that any trepidations or uncertainties attached to…
Melody and storytelling come out the winners on Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear’s new EP
Kansas City, MO’s Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear might be a duo that’s connected by way of a parent-child relationship but, in some ways, it…
Band ahoy: Punch Brothers navigate DIY waters with “All Ashore”
When a band like Punch Brothers comes along – one with a steeply curved and balanced pool of musicianship, variety of sounds, and simultaneously kindred yet…
Florence + the Machine come way down to earth with “High as Hope”
The time and tidbits leading up to the release of Florence and the Machine‘s newest album, High as Hope (Virgin/EMI, 2018), has yielded both excitement…
Get “Two Bottles In” and you’ll think ‘This is good, thanks!’
You can take the singer out of folk but you can’t take the folk out of the singer. This somewhat futile-sounding declaration isn’t meant to…
Cloud Caverns’ artistry flows on “Rivers Old and Lost”
There’s something poetic about the fact that multi-state duo, Cloud Caverns, have a two word name that brings to mind both something delicate and airy…