Inward Garden Loves Kaela’s “Ethereal Vocals and Layers Of Synths”
Inward Garden likes Kaela and selected her album Supraliminal as one of the best albums for the week of May 16. The site writes, “Kaela, a musician that got her start as part of well-known indie act M83, releases her debut album. Her other work definitely can be felt as a reference here. This record leans into an ambient/electronica-infused indie pop […]
New Music From Fruit Bats
GRAMMY-nominated singer/songwriter Eric D. Johnson (aka Fruit Bats) beautifully honors the recent loss of a beloved dog with the heartfelt new song “Creature From The Wild.” The track serves as an homage that acknowledges the sorrow, but more so celebrates the immeasurable impact his life had on his owners’ lives with sincerity and gratitude. These feelings are all […]
Marlbank Calls Mary Halvorson “A Thelonius Monk Of The Guitar”
About acclaimed guitarist and composer Mary Halvorson, Marlbank writes, “there’s nothing heavy footed or formulaic about the rhythmic patterns she glides over and there’s lots of metrical shifting and a restlessness about the pieces. And yet there’s nothing obscurantist for the sake of it here. She is her own best navigator – a Thelonious Monk of the guitar for sheer […]
New Releases Now Touts The New Jeffrey Runnings Release
Piqued, the final release from For Against’s deceased frontman Jeffrey Runnings is, according to New Releases Now, “an unflinching, minimalist elegy that distills a lifetime of post-punk devotion into something raw, intimate, and quietly transcendent… Recorded alone at home on a trusty 8-track cassette machine, Piqued sounds like a late-‘80s mixtape made in solitude – equal parts diary and […]
SPIN Enjoys The New LP From Mary Halvorson, Who Was Recently Named Downbeat’s “Guitarist Of The Year” For The Third Consecutive Year
On About Ghosts, Spin writes, Mary Halvorson “dabbles in the unearthly while remaining fully, triumphantly grounded… Halvorson’s fondness for nested intricacies can act as a kind of subterfuge—all the activity in these songs disguises the small but crucial components that hold them together. But when she really lets loose… it’s like the arrival of some new species of X-ray, suddenly […]
Kaela Releases “Pool” Video
Fans of Kaela‘s new album Supraliminal, which is at radio now via Other Suns, have noticed the colorful and commanding artwork that adorns the LP. On her new “Pool” video, Kaela and the Ravie & Co team animate the shapes and images that make up the Supraliminal world. Get lost in the colors and flow here, and get the lush, synth-filled […]
Mike and Alex Discuss Melvins’ Sludge
Mike and Alex of the Every Album Ever Youtube channel say Thunderball, the new album from Melvins under their Melvins 1983 alter-ego, is “for you” if “you’re a fan of the early 90s sludge era of Melvins,” although the release is “a little more modern and weird” thanks to the electronic contributions of Void Manes and Ni Maitres. According to Mike and Alex, […]
New Music From Jeffrey Runnings (For Against)
Independent Project Records (IPR) has released the posthumous, final solo album from Jeffrey Runnings, Piqued, on vinyl, CD, and digital formats. All formats include four bonus tracks of rare recordings from the late 80s. Runnings was the creative force and guiding light behind Nebraska post-punk pioneers For Against. Runnings died on Monday, March 3 due to stage 4 […]
Fresh Air Appreciates Mary Halvorson’s Progress On About Ghosts
Mary Halvorson‘s About Ghosts was recently reviewed on NPR‘s Fresh Air. As the review notes, the album features Halvorson’s now-regular sextet Amarylls. However, for this release, “Halvorson expanded the group, inviting tenor saxophonist Brian Settles and alto saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins to play on several tracks. The expanded group, with its four horns, recalls Halvorson’s octet from about ten years ago, but her writing […]
Vinyl District Grades Springhouse On A Curve
“On From Now to OK,” writes the Vinyl District in a recent glowing review, Springhouse “realize a crisp, vibrant melodic sound that veers away from the shoegaze textures of their two prior albums… Springhouse’s approach on From Now to OK has been described as folk-rock, and there’s no need to quibble with that assessment, but it’s worth noting that a […]
Glide Praises Mary Halvorson For Balancing Composition With Improvisation
Mary Halvorson’s About Ghosts made it into the Top 5 at NACC Jazz last week and also made its debut on the Top 200 at #176! Thanks to all the stations that have gotten behind the record so far. Please keep spinning About Ghosts and charting it! The album has been well-received critically. One recent review comes from Glide, which […]
Jack Rabid Talks To Mike Watt
In an interview with Mike Watt on the Watt From Pedro Show, Springhouse‘s Jack Rabid talks about his musical pedigree. “My third Christmas,” he says, “my gift under the tree was the Chipmunks Sing the Beatles in 1965. And I became completely obsessed with that record and soon thereafter became obsessed with the Beatles themselves.” That’s just the first of many musical memories; […]
Glide Shares Paul Givant’s “Marigold” Clip
Glide recently premiered the video for Paul Givant‘s “Marigold,” featuring images that “reflect the track’s quiet emotional power — visually simple, yet deeply affecting. It mirrors the themes of renewal and reckoning that run through the entire album. Produced by Jason Hiller and Zachary Ross, ‘Marigold’ is rich with six- and twelve-string acoustic guitars, upright bass, shimmering mandolin, and vocals […]
Patrick Watson Previews Uh Oh On Instagram
Patrick Watson‘s new album Uh Oh is out in September, and fans can visit his Instagram to preview the physical artwork and get Watson’s thoughts on the intimate collection. According to Watson, “It was so fun to make. Everybody singing on this record will blow your mind each in their own way. The reason why it’s collaborative […]
JamBase Details Fruit Bats’ Upcoming LP
JamBase has the details on Baby Man, coming September 12 from Fruit Bats via Merge Records. The site quotes the band’s Eric D. Johnson, who says, “Right now this world is big and weird and horrible and yeah, sometimes even beautiful in short bursts. A loud place. But if you wanna take a quick moment and get eye-level with me, hear […]
Patrick Watson Collaborates With Charlotte Cardin
Patrick Watson has recently released several advance singles from Uh Oh, his upcoming album due September 26 from Secret City Records. Inspired by a period during which Watson lost his voice, it features several guest vocalists. “Gordon In the Willows” has Charlotte Cardin, who won Artist of the Year at the 2022 Juno Awards and with whom Watson last partnered […]
King Buzzo Talks Tour Routing With Billboard
“You have Melvins fans pretty much everywhere,” Buzz Osborne tells Billboard in a new interview. In the feature, the legendary frontman discusses the active role he takes in routing the band’s tours. “With more than four decades of experience and thousands of shows,” the site explains, “Osborne takes a hands-on approach to tour routing, ensuring that travel is bearable and the […]
Popmatters Enjoys The “Always Thrilling And Amazing” Mary Halvorson
Popmatters writes that “the latest from guitarist Mary Halvorson is another master class in jazz performance and composition. If she is the future of jazz, we are in tremendously gifted hands… She’s currently in the midst of what may be her most acclaimed and creatively fruitful period… About Ghosts continues Halvorson’s brilliant and engaging exploration of this particular format.” The […]
Music From Patrick Watson and Charlotte Cardin
Patrick Watson composes, performs, and records with his long-time bandmate and collaborator and multi-instrumentalists Mishka Stein and Olivier Fairfield. The Canadian artist has reached gold and platinum status in over multiple countries, and his shows sell out around the world. Over the course of his career, Watson has retained the uncanny ability to coexist in mainstream pop-culture spaces and […]
All About Jazz Says Mary Halvorson’s New LP Is Lyrical And Expansive
All About Jazz says the new album from Mary Halvorson, About Ghosts, “is about what we have come to expect (and maybe take for granted) from the mercurial Halvorson, whose recipe reflects her taste for now. About Ghosts may very well turn out to be the fleet thinker’s most lyrical and expansive set. Which says a whole lot of something […]
