Captain’s Audio Project Is “A Fine Listen,” Writes Americana UK
Americana UK has a short review of the debut LP from Captain’s Audio Project. The site explains, “Portland, OR’s James Cook has a track record with another band, Trashcan Joe who specialise in performing on instruments made out of found objects including a trash can banjo, leaning heavily on original music influenced by vintage jazz records. Here he plays a 1931 National […]
Occurrence Chats With Post-Punk.com
Post-punk.com recently shared “Feeding Time,” one of the singles from NY-based indie electronic trio Occurrence‘s new album Real Friend. “Teeming with hearts unready to empathize, souls too timid to speak,” the site writes, “‘Feeding Time’‘s lines reveal a realm of raw disquiet. People hurry through with closed fists and closed minds, possessed by longing and louder appetites. There’s […]
Sun Atoms Announce Tour
The expansive, dark psych influenced Portland band Sun Atoms is at radio now with Everything Forever, on Little Cloud Records. The band is also about to embark on a short tour behind the album, which Big Takeover describes as “mercurial and inventive.” In addition to these performances, the band will do an in studio at KRBX in Boise on March 29 during […]
Funk My Soul Says The Counts Are Visionary
Funk My Soul has a review of The Counts’ album What’s Up Front That-Counts, which has been reissued by Detroit’s legendary Westbound Records with an assist from ORG Music. According to the site, it’s “an ever fantastic LP and easily their best. This is a consistently superb, authentic Westbound funk-rock scorcher that drives and grooves with enough dirt thrown in to stick […]
New Music From Dubinski
Born in rural North Yorkshire and raised in the Scottish Highlands, Dubinski is a quartet of four inseparable siblings: Eugene, Fergus, Donal, and Eoin Gaine. The Gaine brothers spent their childhood in atmospheric and social isolation. A shared love of music was the common thread amongst the four, so they spent their adolescent years writing and […]
Americana Highways Gets The Details About Captain’s Audio Project
In a recent interview with Americana Highways, veteran Portland Oregon scene member James Cook discusses the instrumentation that adorns Waiting For The Moon, his debut solo album under the moniker of Captain’s Audio Project. “I basically just sat down with a mic for vocals, and one on my guitar, and I played what I considered some of my better songs. Once that […]
Earmilk Highlights The Honesty Of Occurrence
Earmilk has a feature on Real Friend, the new album from New York electronic trio Occurrence. The site writes, “Brimming with a sense of honesty through each track, the album moves from the rock-tinged opener ‘Feeding Time’ and the anthemic focus track ‘Imperfect Robots,’ to the vulnerability of ‘Lost Dad,’ uplifting touch of “Opportunity Window,” and the raw songwriting […]
AllMusic Reviews Dennis Coffey’s Finger Pickin’ Good
AllMusic has a review of Dennis Coffey‘s Finger Lickin’ Good, which has been reissued as Finger Pickin’ Good by Westbound Records and ORG Music. According to the guide, “Dennis Coffey’s Westbound debut heralds the tectonic shift away from the synapse-scorching psychedelic funk of his previous records toward a slicker, more commercial approach that anticipates the full-blown disco sensibility of his subsequent outings.” Yet, […]
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 […]
