The term “ambient country” – applied to artists like SUSS, Mute Duo, and Labradford, among others – is meant to describe a musical style that is rich in contradiction. The spacey atmosphere of ambient music is traditionally married to synthesizers,… Read More
For an album recorded entirely on a USB microphone in various Brooklyn apartments, Sotto Voce’s Your Husband, the Governor sounds, at least at the very beginning, exactly how you might expect it to: with rough-hewn, folky acoustic guitar, full-throated lead… Read More
Asian Man Records founder and Bruce Lee Band/Chinkees/Skankin' Pickle/etc member Mike Park's been having a busy week. He joined Jeff Rosenstock's band for their killer Seth Meyers performance, he's one of many musicians that make a cameo in the new… Read More
Following the hugely stacked Good Music To Avert The Collapse Of American Democracy — which was released for 24 hours only on September's Bandcamp fundraiser day comes Good Music to Avert the Collapse of American Democracy, Volume 2, which will… Read More
Reggae/ska/rocksteady legend Toots Hibbert sadly passed away earlier this month, just weeks after releasing Got To Be Tough, the first Toots and the Maytals album in a decade. Several musicians paid tribute to Toots, and one of the first to… Read More
Not only is Ozzy Osbourne celebrating the 40th anniversary of his solo career this year, it's also the 50th anniversary of Black Sabbath's self-titled debut and sophomore album Paranoid. Dr. Martens is marking the occasion with a new Sabbath collaboration,… Read More
Most books about punk rock are maddening. This is because of the beautifully human paradox at the heart of punk itself: punk ideology becomes corrupted when punk praxis achieves any kind of modest success. This principle seems to hold across… Read More
Nick Cave has been regularly writing thoughtful, considered pieces in answer to fan questions on his The Red Hand Files website, and for his latest answer, he pens a touching tribute to his son, Arthur, who tragically died in 2015… Read More
Introduction Since our earliest days, we humans have been cataloguers of the natural world. Once, our survival depended entirely on remembering what was safe and tasty, and what was ferocious, or toxic. Today, the survival factor may have lessened, but… Read More
Two years ago, French singer-songwriter Tiphanie Doucet delighted listeners with her debut LP, Under My Sun. A “richly poignant and pastoral journey that reveals Doucet as a master of the style”—as I put it back then—the record certainly led to… Read More