Mixtape 117 :: All Or Nothing
There is no shortage of consuming urgency to the sound of this UK trio called simply Shopping.
There is no shortage of consuming urgency to the sound of this UK trio called simply Shopping.
Katie Crutchfield, performing as Waxahatchee, has been slowly and steadily building her repertoire and now her talent is overflowing her banks.
They call it Hotlanta for a good reason, but I’m sure The Black Lips have enough bad attitude to have way more colorful names for their hometown.
M. Ward could get by on his smoky velvet voice alone, but he also happens to be a supreme connoisseur of what alert musicians call songcraft.
ALS has claimed the life of The Muff’s co-founder. Laura Potillo recalls the influential rocker.
The Muffs (Omnivore Recordings). Review by Laura Pontillo.
This Atlanta garage rock band returns to old Florida stomping grounds in preperation for a month in Europe. Frontwoman Buffi Aguero talks to Bob Pomeroy about the new CD, The Kind of Goodnight, the group’s origin and the prospects of good Polish food.
Get Real (Tooth & Nail). Review by Stein Haukland.
Judy Craddock speaks with Jeffrey Foucault about his first album in six years, The Universal Fire, and connecting all kinds of dots in the wake of loss.
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.