“Turn around. You may come full circle. And be new here. Again.” Pieces of a Man was actually one of the first LPs I ever bought after getting my first pair of turntables, because I wanted to own and spin “The Revolution will not be Televised.” You could feasibly argue that he invented hip-hop, and … Continue reading
Dear Nora’s Katy Davidson just released the first full length album from her newest project, Key Losers, featuring the Key Losers Black Crow Session band, which itself is chock full of Pacific Northwest superstars. The album’s being released on Phil Elverum’s P.W. Elverum and Sun imprint as an LP and digital download. It’s an exploration … Continue reading
“California Lite” is ironic, fyi.
Rchl: Young Widows recently released their third album, In and Out of Youth and Lightness, on Temporary Residence Limited. The Louisville, Kentucky noise rock trio continues to morph and astound. I mean, they were born from the ashes of Breather Resist, and although you can still hear Nick Thieneman’s heavy, punching bass lines, Evan Patterson’s … Continue reading
Here’s the video for their song “Future Heart” from their newest album, In and Out of Youth and Lightness. Time to get your bad ass on.
EMA’s debut solo album, Past Life Martyred Saints is a tragic, sincere, and all too often, tragically sincere record from this South Dakotan native that will sneak up on you and break your heart like the ass hole that it is. The beautiful, beautiful ass hole. Megan Bowers joins Brandon to hash it out.
fuck california
It’s hard to listen to w h o k i l l, Merrill Garbus’s second album under the tUnE-YarDs monicker, and not hear in it a culmination of a long, rapid journey (she literally moved from Montreal to Oakland), and a realization of every ounce of potential displayed and, for too many people, hidden in … Continue reading