| 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 […]
| Passion of the Weiss’s 2014 Movie Round-Up: 20 Film Recommendations | December 30, 2014 |
Because sometimes music writers go to the movies, here is the Passion of the Weiss staff on the best films of 2014. They've given all of these movies two snaps and a rewind.
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 […]
| Animal Ambition: Panda Bear “Boys Latin” | December 16, 2014 |
Will Schube’s spirit animal is George ‘The Animal’ Steel The success of Merriweather Post Pavilion may prevent such a day from ever coming into fruition, but Panda Bear’s making it awfully hard to think of him as a solo artist subservient to his Animal Collective obligations. Noah Lennox’s solo work has been consistently great–Panda Bear’s […]
| The Sun God: Light In the Attic Records’ Arthur “Sunshine Soldier” | December 10, 2014 |
Will Schube always keeps the lights on If Light In The Attic did nothing else besides re-introduce the world to Lee Hazlewood, they’d likely still be one of my favorite labels around. The mustachioed champion of lounging cowboy folk music is a personal hero, creator of the all-time great “Hey Cowboy” and winner of greatest […]
Will Schube is the panty raider There’s a fine line between cultural criticism and outright cynicism. Perhaps Father John Misty’s greatest strength, even stronger than his stunning vocal range and tremendous songwriting ability, is his ability to accurately critique capitalistic culture while still endearing himself to a large audience. “Chateau Lobby #4 (in C for […]
| Peaceful Journey: Phosphorescent “Los Angeles Live” | December 4, 2014 |
As the shape of independent music becomes more deformed, artists are finding more new and weird ways to attract an audience. Conceptual double albums, week long release parties, promos starring the baby daughters of artists, etc. There no longer seems to be anything off limits. This makes sense considering it’s not the most fruitful of […]
