| Hiss Golden Messenger “Southern Grammar” EP | February 10, 2015 |
Will Schube is in a strategic mind frame While there’s no myth behind Hiss Golden Messenger, the duo of MC Taylor and Scott Hirsch, the music they make recalls the sort of past that’s not quite nostalgia but representative of a different—perhaps better—musical era. Hiss Golden Messenger’s latest full-length, Lateness of Dancers, marries old school […]
| Psyence Fiction: Moon Duo “Animal” Video | February 9, 2015 |
Will Schube is like Missy on the chorus — tight The latest single from Moon Duo conjures up a menacing figure. Whether that figure is man or beast isn’t as relevant as the smooth terror it creates. “Animal” is a psychedelic trip to the graveyard after the gates have been closed. The track’s brevity, along […]
| Here’s What’s Left: Amen Dunes “Cowboy Worship EP” | February 4, 2015 |
Will Schube likes his sugar with coffee and cream The warble of Damon McMahon’s voice brings a sense of comfort not dissimilar from those go-to foods saved for special occasions. There’s something vast and intimate about McMahon’s melancholy. The latest Amen Dunes record, Love, utilized a far more expansive landscape than his previous works under […]
| Sonny Smith and the Sunsets “The Application” | February 3, 2015 |
Will Schube is too young to burn Sonny and the Sunsets are great at weaving disparate ideas into something joyous and memorable. They have been skewing the indie pop landscape since they first gained recognition in 2007 with Tomorrow is Alright. There’s a giggly nature to the music Sonny creates, even when the topics he […]
| Six Feet Deep: Shlohmo “Buried” | January 29, 2015 |
Will Schube is filthy from the ground on up What temperature is required for a guitar to melt? If not explicitly, Shlohmo—the alias under which Henry Laufer records and performs—lets this question bubble beneath the surface of his latest track, “Buried”. Landing somewhere between a Delicate Steve riff and a warped sample, the guitar on […]
| The Soul Controllers: The Supreme Jubilees “It’ll All Be Over Now” | January 29, 2015 |
Will Schube always keeps the light on “If God had a disco, the DJ would be playing California gospel-soul group The Supreme Jubilees.” Or so say the folks over at Light in the Attic, who are re-introducing the world to the early 80s soul group with It’ll All Be Over. While Light in the Attic […]
| Renegade of Folk: Ryley Walker “Primrose Green” | January 14, 2015 |
Will Schube is too folk to die Tthe re-emergence of the folk-Americana canon is exciting. Steve Gunn’s Way Out Weather was my favorite record of 2014, and William Tyler’s consistency is a marvel. It’s time to add Ryley Walker to the exponentially increasing list. The northern-Illinois born guitarist crafts the sort of jams both Tyler […]
| Twelve Inches of Snow: Mount Eerie “This” | January 14, 2015 |
Will Schube let Ringo Starr hold his red slicker No, I don’t only listen to Mount Eerie out of some misplaced hope that at some point something will click and Phil Elverum’s new project will conjure up the feelings I once felt while listening to The Microphones. Well, maybe I do. And maybe I only […]
Will Schube is like a famous Chinese ruler whose name starts with X. Paradise of Bachelors had a helluva 2014. Working in both new releases and re-issues, the small North Carolina label re-introduced the world to Lavender Country, the first country album by an openly gay artist, and Mike Cooper, the folk/experimental/jazz/everything wild man. Cooper’s […]
| The Lone Wolf Rides Alone: Yoni Wolf “Snowjams” Covers Tape | December 17, 2014 |
Will Schube swears your clique sounds like episode of Glee It’s been strange watching Yoni Wolf mature from a disillusioned, heartbreaking/broken rapper into a full-on adult pop singer. The vulnerable, cynical, scathing Wolf seems to have disappeared as he approaches middle age, but his replacement, a podcast-making, transparent singer intent on bettering himself is a […]
