Mixtape 127 :: Roll Me Mama, Roll Me
It’s easy to suspect Ray LaMontagne came from a recently unearthed time capsule documenting the folkie scene of half a century ago.
It’s easy to suspect Ray LaMontagne came from a recently unearthed time capsule documenting the folkie scene of half a century ago.
Marriage (Deer Bear Wolf). Review by James Mann.
Sister Kinderhook. Review by Carl F Gauze.
Causers of This (Carpark Records). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Priceless Concrete Echoes (Citizen). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Through the Devil Softly (Nettwerk). Review by Matthew Moyer.
William Weikart , the mastermind behind the band Obscured by Clouds , is one literate and surprising person. Tim Wardyn unveils Weikart’s impressive cast of influences (including Chris Cornell and Baroque music), how ex-girlfriends contributed to one of the best songs on their album Psycheclectic, and how his bandmate Thee Slayer Hippy got his name.
Robotique Majestique (Trashy Moped). Review by Jen Cray.
They Hurt You Everyday (Lavender). Review by Aaron Shaul.
Mirror Flake (Flau). Review by Aaron Shaul.
Along the Quai (Team Love). Review by Aaron Shaul.
Easy Tensions (Orange). Review by Aaron Shaul.
CoLAB (Merge). Review by Aaron Shaul.
Guerolito (Interscope). Review by Ian Koss.
M83 (Gooom/Mute). Review by Kiran Aditham.
Some Day We Will Part Forever EP (Brownhouse Records). Review by Tim Wardyn.
Treble & Tremble (Palm Pictures). Review by Sean Slone.
Play the Immutable Truth (Acuarela). Review by Aaron Shaul.
Cash & Carry Songs (Plain Recordings). Review by Rob Levy.
Songbook - The Singles (Epic). Review by Danny Lewis.
Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory (Jagjaguwar). Review by Peter Lindblad.
This week, Christopher Long goes “gaga” over discovering an ’80s treasure: an OG vinyl copy of Spring Session M, the timeless 1982 classic from Missing Persons — for just six bucks!
Both bold experiment and colossal failure in the 1960s, Esperanto language art house horror film Incubus returns with pre-_Star Trek_ William Shatner to claim a perhaps more serious audience.
You Can’t Tell Me I’m Not What I Used To Be (North & Left Records). Review by Randy Radic.
In this latest installment of his weekly series, Christopher Long is betrayed by his longtime GF when she swipes his copy of Loretta Lynn’s Greatest Hits Vol. II right out from under his nose while rummaging through a south Florida junk store.