The glass bottom boat of the cultural press
It hits me on the album’s opening track, “Mercury,” that Emma-Jean is a decendant of the spiritual, psychedelic tradition of John Coltrane, Sun Ra and Soft Machine. Yellow has a trippy, space funk vibe that wanders from tantric meditation, to obsessing over baked goods.
All In: Unreleased & Rarities — The New West Years (New West Records). Review by Jeremy Glazier.
Bring your loupe and spend some time poring over the maps that open Navola with Ian Koss.
On the Intricate Inner Workings of the System (Sub Pop). Review by Julius C. Lacking.
Lily and Generoso review director Gürcan Keltek’s mesmerizing supernatural drama, New Dawn Fades, winner of the Best Feature Boccalino D’Oro Award of the 24th Independent Film Critics Awards of the 2024 Locarno International Film Festival.
Channing Wilson opens for Steve Earle as Steve tours on his Alone Again Live album.
“Lonely Striped Sock,” a tiny fraction of Montreal band PYPY’s upcoming fireball album, Sacred Times, won’t get lost in your dryer, I promise.