Razorcake Reviews Greg Lisher’s New LP
Razorcake recently reviewed Underwater Detection Method, which represents an artistic reinvention for the Camper Van Beethoven and Monks of Doom guitarist Greg Lisher, out now via Independent Project Records. The new album is electronically-oriented, and Razorcake observes that “the entire thing is very sophisticated and I’d say they’re going for a very specific sound and nailing it. The tones are very deliberate and there’s a […]
New Music From Captain’s Audio Project
Waiting For The Moon by Captain’s Audio Project is the solo debut of veteran Portland, Oregon songwriter and multi-instrumentalist James Cook (Jimbo Trout and the Fish People, Trashcan Joe), full of finely-crafted tunes steeped in traditional folk, blues. and jazz. Produced by Mike Danner at Mike’s Garage in Portland, the guiding principle for these sessions was to keep everything raw. Cook recorded […]
Dusty Groove Gets Trapped In Denise LaSalle’s Thing
Of Denise LaSalle‘s Trapped By A Thing Called Love, Dusty Groove writes, “The set is a real burner throughout – one that features mostly original material by Denise, recorded with a spare and compressed southern soul groove that’s a lot more Stax Records than anything going down on Westbound at the time. Denise is in perfect form vocally, too […]
Americana Highways Loves the innocence mission
“The arrangements,” writes Americana Highways about the new innocence mission album, “are made up of crystalline sound in a banquet of notes that surround the showcase’s ‘cake’ with frosting. You don’t ‘see’ the song until you cut into it with your attention. The tunes are sublime, subtle & not in your face with any amount of intensity outside […]
New Music From Occurrence
Based in New York City’s neighborhood of Washington Heights, Occurrence is Ken Urban (electronics), Cat Hollyer (vocals) and Johnny Hager (vocals). Formed in 2015, the band’s most recent release – 2023’s double album Slow Violence – was hailed by Plastic Magazine as “a sonic tapestry that blends elements of indie pop, electronic music and shoegaze into a seamless whole.” Their newest album, Real Friend, began […]
Greg Lisher Discusses Musical Rebirth With The Tonearm
While making Underwater Detection Method, The Tonearm writes, “Greg Lisher found himself in his late fifties becoming a beginner again—taking piano lessons, puzzling through software manuals, allowing himself not to know. This exercise in the ‘beginner’s mind’ created space to explore fascinations dating back to his pre-Camper Van Beethoven days. Yellow Magic Orchestra had planted seeds in the early 1980s that would […]
MK ULTRA Interviews Afterimage
MK ULTRA has an interview with Daniel Voznick (aka Alec Tension) of Afterimage, detailing how the unsung LA postpunk group got its start and what people said about them in the 80s when they were active. “Joy Division and U2 were the bands that were most often brought up, but not always in a complementary way,” Tension says. “My voice […]
Michael Doherty Gets Into Eramus Hall
Michael Doherty recently got his hands on Eramus Hall’s Lost And Found, which was released last year by Westbound Records and ORG Music. The set features newly-unearthed records from the incredible psychedelic soul funk group. In Doherty’s review, he calls “Determination,” the album opener, “a smooth, cool number,” while other tracks are described as “fun and funky.” The detailed review is […]
the innocence mission Chills with Zig At The Gig
Karen and Don Peris of the innocence mission were recent guests on the Zig at the Gig podcast, a long-form interview-style show. Zig writes, “Excited to share this lovely conversation with two very insightful and creative individuals. We dive deep in this chat!” Listen to the chat here. the innocence mission is promoting Midwinter Swimmers, the newest album from the long-lived and beloved trio. […]
Leif Vollebekk Performs For Acoustic Café
Leif Vollebekk – who is currently on tour in Canada in support of his new album Revelation – recently visited Acoustic Café for a live session. Vollebekk’s set includes album standouts “Rock and Roll,” “Moondog,” “Southern Star,” and “Peace of Mind.” Check that out right here. See him live: 2/27 – Ottawa, ON – The Bronson 2/28 – Montréal, QC – […]
New Music From Alon Aboutboul
Born in 1965, Alon Aboutboul is a renowned actor, singer, and painter based in Los Angeles who is known for roles in The Dark Knight Rises, Body of Lies, and Snowfall. He often describes his life as shaped by the mystical imagery of tarot, a theme that flows through his textured melodies and poetic lyrics. Blending performance, painting, and music, […]
Greg Lisher Chats With The Spotlight On Podcast
Spotlight On writes, “After decades of making alternative rock with Camper Van Beethoven and Monks of Doom, Greg Lisher took piano lessons, learned synthesis, and created Underwater Detection Method, an album that merges human performance with digital precision.” The site has an interview with Lisher who shares “how stepping outside his comfort zone led to some of his most adventurous music.” Learn […]
Ickmusic Calls Leif Vollebekk’s “Sunset Boulevard Expedition” A Masterpiece
Ickmusic likes “Sunset Boulevard Expedition,” from Leif Vollebekk‘s new album Revelation. “Inject this into my veins and let me live in this track for a few days, please! A slow-building melancholic monster of a tune, 8 minutes and 19 seconds of bittersweet and wistful beauty. The transition mid-song to the dreamy refrain: If I have to live without you […]
New Release From The Counts
Detroit’s legendary Westbound Records has teamed with vinyl specialist label Org Music to re-launch with a series of remastered, celebrated funk and soul albums. Founded in 1968 by Armen Boladian, Westbound proved to the world that thrilling sounds were still coming from Detroit, after Motown left the city. From humble beginnings, this important independent label soon grew to be a […]
Afterimage Gets The Musoscribe Treatment
“On Faces to Hide,” writes Musoscribe, “Afterimage get the texture and tone just right. The music is complex enough to delight close listeners, straightforward enough to satisfy those who came to dance.” The site has a feature on the seminal post-punk group’s new set, which is at radio now from Independent Project Records. Check that out here.
At The Barrier Enjoys The Wistfulness of the innocence mission’s New LP
At The Barrier explores the innocence mission‘s Midwinter Swimmers in a recent review and compares singer Karen Peris’s voice to that of Mazzy Star’s Hope Sandoval. The review also finds shades of Burt Bacharach, Everything But The Girl, and the songs of Gerry Goffin and Carole King. The album, according to the review, is like “a langourous and wistful recall of the last day of […]
It’s Psychedelic Baby Chats With Afterimage
Describing the music on Afterimage‘s Faces To Hide, which is at radio now via Independent Project Records, It’s Psychedelic Baby Magazine writes, “There are echoes of Public Image Ltd., Pere Ubu, Magazine, The Fall, Patti Smith, and Television, yet Afterimage was never content to simply mirror their forebears; they injected unexpected detours into their sonic journey, weaving surf rock grooves and […]
Dusted Says The New innocence mission LP is “A Beauty”
The new album from the innocence mission, according to Dusted, is “a beauty, full of wistful dream pop arrangements and insurgent melodies that seem slight until you try to stop humming them.” The site continues, “The music has the same baroque pop lilt as the Clientele, a light touch but not exactly simple. Every element is sharp […]
New Music From Group Project
Montréal’s Group Project is everything one could wish for in a group: a song-making machine that blends folk rhythms, funky basslines, rock ‘n’ roll guitars, electronic percussion and synthesizers to create a distinctive take on alternative pop music with haunting and catchy lyrics. The group began in 2015 when Jeremy Harbec met Jacob Brown and they began experimenting with EDM and […]
JUNO Award Nominee Leif Vollebekk Gets KCRW’s Top Tune Nod
KCRW featured Leif Vollebekk‘s “Rock and Roll,” from his new album Revelation, as Today’s Top Tune yesterday. They write, “One night, Canadian artist Leif Vollebekk dreamt that Jeff Buckley taught him a song in a Manhattan rehearsal space. Vollebekk watched Buckley’s hand on the fretboard of his guitar as he followed along. Vollebekk felt like he was in heaven, as their falsettos […]
