Having worked under the radar for the last 12 years of his career may not have done much for Maestro Gamin’s profile, but it has allowed him to try his hand at anything he likes without the fuss or worry… Read More
Amy Seimetz’s sophomore feature, She Dies Tomorrow (2019) leaves little to the imagination. Its premise is as simple as its title – a woman, Amy (Kate Lyn Sheil) wakes up from a dream and thinks she’s going to die tomorrow.… Read More
Vistas are a trio hailing from Edinburgh, Scotland, consisting of vocalist Prentice Robertson, guitarist Dylan Rush, and bassist Jamie Law. It’s always interesting when a band is missing a key instrument or two in their roster lineup. Their debut album,… Read More
Sometimes it’s the little things—the small changes to routine that free you up to feel or do something fresh. In the case of Chad Taylor’s trio on The Daily Biological, there is no bass player. It’s just the leader’s drums,… Read More
Back in May 2020, Craft Recordings issued a remastered edition of Between the Buried and Me’s 2002 debut album. That gave longtime fans a chance to hear the record on vinyl and afforded those of us who came to the… Read More
An unknown entity in many hip-hop quarters (despite his prolificacy), Raashan Ahmad has been game in trying all sorts of odds and ends to get to his means – which, in this case, is an emotionally-wrought and funkified form of… Read More
It’s acutely problematic to require Alanis Morissette to recreate the music of Jagged Little Pill. To consistently return her to a 25-year bygone standpoint prevents Morissette from fully enshrining her authentic self. It’s stifling, especially since Morissette has evolved as… Read More
There are few books of which it can be said they’re worth buying for the art alone. Zao Dao’s Cuisine Chinoise is one of them. The graphic novel is packed with “tales of food and life” but with its compelling… Read More
If space rock’s essence can be distilled into a single moment, it would be Hawkwind’s 1972 tour to promote their third LP, Doremi Fasol Latido. It’s a genre that achieves an engulfing, post-psychedelic surrender reliant on few, if any, chord… Read More
Mike Mentz has worked his way around the world time and again to garner inspiration for his songwriting, right down to the point where he’s branded it as “travel pop”. Both set to release in 2020, studio album Souvenir, as… Read More