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Category: Music Reviews
Album and song reviews
‘Getting Into Knives’ Displays Sharp Songs By The Mountain Goats
The Mountain Goats have a way of creating songs that linger around so long in my head that I have to write about them. You call it a faithful companion or just a part of […]
Darlingside Wades In Natural Sounds On ‘Fish Pond Fish’
From the opening notes of “Woolgathering,” Darlingside takes listeners by the hand with harmonized vocals and leads them on a journey through flowing fields of folk. The combination of those voices is one the defining […]
Ray LaMontagne Has His Sights On His Legacy With ‘Monovision’
Coronavirus is messing with time and relatively for me. Or at least it seems that way. It’s November but it still feels like summer in South Jersey and July seems like it was last year, […]
Machine Gun Kelly Picks Up Axe For ‘Tickets To My Downfall’
I spent a lot of time in quarantine on YouTube. I saw a video “Smoke and Drive” and then I went into a little wormhole and found more of these videos by Machine Gun Kelly […]
Fleet Foxes Wades In Tranquil Waters On ‘Shore’
Like a warm wave, the soothings sounds of Fleet Foxes‘ lush layered instruments and harmonies wash over me. It’s been a while, three years in fact since I heard a new album from the Seattle, […]
Dawes Puts The Past On Paper For ‘Good Luck With Whatever’
I don’t know about you, but music makes me feel young. But what does it mean to be an adult anyway? That’s what one of my favorite bands, Dawes, tries to answer on its latest […]
Action Bronson Reaches New Heights On ‘Only For Dolphins’
Action Bronson is my spirit animal. The Albanian-American born Ariyan Arslani in Flushing, Queens, New York City is only a couple years my senior but seems to have created a new class of fun uncommon […]
Phoebe Bridgers Put Herself In The ‘Punisher’ Role On Latest Album
After covering the other half of Better Oblivion Community Pavilion last week with Bright Eyes frontman Conor Oberst, this week I am writing about the new Phoebe Bridgers album. This is a long-overdue review of […]
Bright Eyes Return With New Album To Make The Most Of A Bad Situation
It feels like Conor Oberst has been a constant presence in my musical life, even if he only showed up when I was in high school. I was 16 years old when I first heard […]