miniaturized: miniaturized [Album Review]
miniaturizedminiaturizedSelf-Released [2023] According to the bio for the release from the San Diego band’s self-titled debut, the band miniaturized formed to play a one-off charity … Read more
Jenny Lewis: Joy’All [Album Review]
Jenny LewisJoy’AllBlue Note/Capitol Records [2023] There’s a determined, purposeful up-tempo feel on Jenny Lewis’ fifth solo project, the aptly titled Joy’All. It’s as if the … Read more
Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit: Weathervanes [Album Review]
Jason Isbell And The 400 UnitWeathervanesSoutheastern Records/Thirty Tigers [2023] When Sam Jones’ documentary, Jason Isbell: Running With Our Eyes Closed, hit HBO early this Spring, … Read more
Rufus Wainwright: Folkocracy [Album Review]
Rufus WainwrightFolkocracyBMG [2023] While it took him 25 years, after making sophisticated pop albums both of the classic past and more modern pop as well … Read more
Foo Fighters: But Here We Are [Album Review]
Foo FightersBut Here We AreRoswell/RCA Records [2023] Arriving a few months over a year from the unexpected, tragic death of drummer Taylor Hawkins, the 11th … Read more
Shannon Lay: Covers Vol. 1 [Album Review]
Shannon LayCovers Vol. 1Sub Pop Records [2023] Shannon Lay, formerly with the band Feels and part of Ty Segall’s backing band, has released a handful … Read more
Rufus Wainwright: Rufus Wainwright (25th Anniversary) [Classic Album Revisit]
Rufus WainwrightRufus Wainwright (25th Anniversary Edition)UMe Released: May 19, 1998/Reissue: May 19, 2023Producer: Jon Brion, Pierre MarchandLength: 53:26/Reissue: 1:36:00 When the self-titled debut, Rufus Wainwright … Read more
St. Paul & The Broken Bones: Angels In Science Fiction [Album Review]
St. Paul & The Broken BonesAngels In Science FictionATO Records [2023] For all their efforts to expand their 8-piece band’s sound to include psychedelia and … Read more
Bruce Cockburn: O Sun O Moon [Album Review]
Bruce CockburnO Sun O MoonTrue North Records [2023] It’s been 6 years, since Canadian singer/songwriter Bruce Cockburn (pronounced Coe-burn) released an album with voice and … Read more
The Salt Collective: Life [Album Review]
The Salt Collective LifePropeller Sound Recordings [2023] It would be easy on an album featuring a so-called “supergroup” collaboration, with so many established indie/rock artists … Read more
Olivia Jean: Raving Ghost [Album Review]
Olivia JeanRaving GhostThird Man Records [2023] Back in 2019, when Olivia Jean was opening for The Raconteurs on tour The Fire Note review assessed that … Read more
The Lemon Twigs: Everything Harmony [Album Review]
The Lemon TwigsEverything HarmonyCaptured Tracks [2023] If there were really such a thing as time travel, it wouldn’t be all that hard to convince even … Read more
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss – Raise The Roof Tour [Concert Review]
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss – Raise The Roof Tour; Rose Music Center at the Heights; Dayton, Ohio; May 3, 2023 Almost as incongruous as … Read more
Ian Hunter: Defiance, Pt. 1 [Album Review]
Ian HunterDefiance, Pt. 1Sun Records [2023] One of the tells among all the other obvious signs that you are getting old, not just older but … Read more
Wilco and More on Mountain Stage [Concert Review]
Mountain Stage with Larry Grace Featuring Wilco, Peter Case, Garrison Starr & more: Templeton-Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium on the campus of Ohio University; Athens, OH; … Read more
Indigo De Souza: All Of This Will End [Album Review]
Indigo De SouzaAll Of This Will EndSaddle Creek Records [2023] The final track on Indigo De Souza’s sophomore album in 2021, Any Shape You Take, … Read more
The Tallest Man On Earth: Henry St. [Album Review]
The Tallest Man On EarthHenry St.ANTI- [2023] In the title track of The Tallest Man on Earth’s 7th album, Henry St. Swedish singer-songwriter Kristian Matsson … Read more
Feist: Multitudes [Album Review]
FeistMultitudesInterscope Records [2023] Arriving six years after her last release, Canadian singer/songwriter Feist decided to workshop the songs for her sixth full-length album in a … Read more
Temples: Exotico [Album Review]
TemplesExoticoATO Records [2023] On their 4th full-length album, the often-labeled psychedelic pop/rock quartet Temples, have chosen a title that comes close to describing both the … Read more
The Natural Lines: The Natural Lines [Album Review]
The Natural LinesThe Natural LinesBella Union [2023] From his own reporting, indie rocker Matt Pond PA has been trying to quit the music business for … Read more
Mudhoney: Plastic Eternity [Album Review]
MudhoneyPlastic EternitySub Pop Records [2023] Thirty-five years in, and two years after the Deluxe Edition re-release of their second full-length album, Every Good Boy Deserves … Read more
Alasdair Roberts: Grief In The Kitchen And Mirth In The Hall [Album Review]
Alasdair RobertsGrief In The Kitchen And Mirth In The HallDrag City Records [2023] Scottish-native and singer/guitarist, Alasdair Roberts has always loved the traditional folk music … Read more
The New Pornographers: Continue As A Guest [Album Review]
The New PornographersContinue As A GuestMerge Records [2023] For over two decades, The New Pornographers have been a reliable indie rock staple with a line-up … Read more
The Hold Steady: The Price Of Progress [Album Review]
The Hold SteadyThe Price Of ProgressPositive Jams/Thirty Tigers [2023] With 20 years and eight albums worth of songs under their belt, The Hold Steady are … Read more
The Killers w/ The Lemon Twigs: Imploding The Mirage Tour 2023 [Concert Review]
The Killers With The Lemon Twigs; Imploding The Mirage Tour: Schottenstein Center; Columbus, OH; Tuesday, March 21, 2023 Early in The Killers’ set on Tuesday … Read more