An affecting and deeply rooted album from Patrick Shiroishi surfaces today. The saxophonist had created an album inspired by his grandfather’s experiences in U.S. internment camps with Descension, an anguished and rightfully…
I’ve really been loving the singles from this upcoming album from Canadian trio Motorists. The latest chucks some of the power pop panache from their earlier cuts for a more serrated guitar…
2008 just wasn’t ready for Soft Walks. In the din, the hiss, and the thrum of the lo-fi swelter that was the sunset of the oughts, a gem was buried beneath the…
A second offering from the upcoming Sylvie record hits this week. The EP, which spawned from an Ian Matthews cover, shared last month, is a collection of songs that celebrate the mellow…
More great news from the 20th anniversary series on Three Lobed lands this week. After outstanding offerings from Six Organs of Admittance, Daniel Bachman, Sunburned Hand of the Man and Gunn-Truscinski Duo,…
What’s most striking about Steve Gunn’s latest is the fullness of the record. Not that his recent albums have been totally stark, but in working his way from experimental figure to establishing…
If you missed When Sorrows Encompass Me ‘Round from Magic Tuber String Band, which snuck out earlier in the year on Feeding Tube, it’s one of the year’s overlooked gems and I’d…
Two great SF releases in the same week, must be something in the air. In addition to the new album from Flowertown, Cindy (who share members with FT) also have a gorgeously…
Normally the works of Nathan Salsburg are set into the instrumental realm. His pieces for guitar are uniquely fluid, calming, transcendent, and beautiful in a way that’s possibly only mirrored by his…
I have to admit, I’m quite smitten with this new Mouth Painter album. Featuring pedal steel savant Barry Walker Jr., the band pushes far afield from his ambient country offerings, pushing through…
More goodness from the West Coast, a SF nugget of woolen indie pop courtesy of the new Flowertown LP on Paisley Shirt. The album’s title track, “Time Trials” jangles through the haze,…
Over the course of the last year Daniel Romano has entered a new phase of prolificness, amassing the kind of run that’s to be lauded as much due to its sheer volume…
Growing up in a certain generation Kenny Rogers had a bit of pastiche about him. In the later ‘80s and ‘90s his image became less associated with the country cache of his…
I missed out on this psych-pop cavalcade from L.A.’s Communicant when it surfaced earlier in the year but a recent art post from RSTB fave Callum Rooney caught my eye. The record…
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