Cigarettes After Sex Live At Crystal Ballroom, 9.29.2019; Portland, Or. concert review
The timeless interior of the Crystal Ballroom took on a cozy, romantic air with Cigarettes After Sex’s spellingbinding modern take on romantic rock ‘n roll. Writing for The Guardian;, author … Continue reading
Bing & Ruth – Tomorrow Was The Golden Age
reclaiming nostalgia It would be all too easy to lump Bing & Ruth‘s second LP with the retrofuturistic “longing for a future that never happened” of Leyland Kirby’s Sadly, The … Continue reading
Halasan Bazar & Tara King Th – 8 (Moon Glyph)
Take a trip through haunted roadhouses and spectral discoteques, with this outstanding collaboration from French baroque pop outfit Tara King Th and dark psychedelicists Halasan Bazar. Everybody … Continue reading
Solemn Meant Walks – S / T
For the longest time, there was a huge shortage of good new shoegaze bands. Then, an explosion of interest in the 2000s, along with every other genre under the moon, … Continue reading
Sharon Van Etten – Are We There
When i last left Sharon Van Etten, she was playing the role of single female troubadour with an acoustic guitar, on her second album, epic. She’s come a long way … Continue reading
Warpaint – Warpaint
Warpaint return with sunlight & smoke, hearts and flame; slow dancing and poison disco, with their first album in 4 years. Ever since i first saw Warpaint at The Mohawk … Continue reading
Death And Vanilla – Vampyr
Death AND VANILLA “Vampyr”“ Moon Glyph“ Enter the town of Courtempierre, a silver nitrate village in the shadow of a crumbling manor. People are going missing, and you just remembered … Continue reading
Golden Gardens – Bellflower
Golden Gardens is a waterfront park in Seattle, where you can escape the grind of a major metropolis, hike through wetlands, and watch the sun set over the Olympic Mountains, … Continue reading
Lord Numb – The New Electric Gospel
Uncanny Soul Do you remember the first time you saw Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within? When you first saw that CGI hair blowin’ in the wind, and it felt … Continue reading
Bill Callahan – Dream River
Label: Drag City Release Date: 9.17.13 RIYL: Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, Smog, Calexico, Barry Brussea, Leonard Cohen, Scott Walker, Cat Power Dream River sounds like one of Leonard Cohen‘s beautiful losers … Continue reading
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