Liz Graham releases a new single that could easily pass for an early Cranberries offering.
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Music Review: Hook & Anchor – ‘Hook & Anchor’
Portland-based Americana band Hook & Anchor released its solid self-titled debut album last year.
Read More »Interview: Steven Wilson – Prog-Rock’s Reluctant 21st Century Man
The Grammy nominated "patriarch of prog" on his brilliant new album, those rumors of a Porcupine Tree reunion, and how to disappear in the modern technological age.
Read More »Music Review: Neu Gestalt – ‘Inside the Rain Chamber’
Neu Gestalt's 'Inside the Rain Chamber' is both beautiful and disconcerting, electronic yet oddly human.
Read More »Music Review: Lena Fayre – ‘OKO’
These are songs that paint a portrait of the artist as a young girl.
Read More »Charlie Doherty’s Top 30 Releases of 2014 (Starring Judas Priest, Ryan Adams, Run the Jewels, Smashing Pumpkins, Sun Kil Moon, and More)
I'm sure that you'll agree with me that this past year wasn't the greatest year in music history but it was a very damn satisfying one.
Read More »Music Review: Rhiannon Giddens – ‘Tomorrow Is My Turn’
This is a strong and powerful album that captures a wide range of feelings and will be very satisfying to any listener.
Read More »Music Review: Philip Corner – ‘Satie Slowly’
Composer Philip Corner illustrates his ideas about how Satie's piano music should be played
Read More »Music Review: Alexander Melnikov and Various Artists – ‘Paul Hindemith: Sonatas for…’
Paul Hindemith left behind a very large body of inspiring music, inventive and modernistic yet readily accessible to the ear raised on classical or pop music. This expertly played selection of his sonatas is a fine testament to his legacy.
Read More »Music Review: The George Gee Swing Orchestra – ‘Swing Makes You Happy!’
'Swing Makes You Happy!' deserves that exclamation point in the title.
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