Review: Port O’Brien – Threadbare
PORT O’BRIEN Threadbare Over the course of their career, California’s Port O’Brien has pretty much held the same steady course,...
Review: Cocktail Hostages – Ransom EP
COCKTAIL HOSTAGES Ransom EP Although they are just beginning to establish themselves, local act Cocktail Hostages have found a niche...
Review: Basia Bulat – Heart of My Own
BASIA BULAT Heart of My Own When Basia Bulat released her first full-length, Oh, My Darling, in 2007, it was...
Review: The Rockridge Brothers – Rockridge Hollerin’
THE ROCKRIDGE BROTHERS Rockridge Hollerin’ Stockholm, Sweden is one of those cool and clean northern European cities that devote themselves...
Review: Tara Jane O’Neil – A Ways Away
TARA JANE O’NEIL A Ways Away On her fifth album (and her first for K Records), the wonderful Tara Jane...
Review: Reckless Kelly – Somewhere in Time
RECKLESS KELLY Somewhere in Time Austin, Texas-based roots rockers Reckless Kelly are performing songs by American singer/songwriter/relative-unknown Pinto Bennett, and...
Review: The Beets – Spit in the Face of People Who Don’t Want You to Be Cool
THE BEETS Spit in the Face of People Who Don’t Want You to Be Cool My, my. What a fantastic...
Review: On Fillmore – Extended Vacation
ON FILLMORE Extended Vacation Originally hand-picked to back Jim O’Rourke on his 1999 album, Eureka, bassist Darin Gray and percussionist...
Review: Molina and Johnson
MOLINA AND JOHNSON Molina and Johnson Collaborations like this always sound good in theory. Both great artists in their own...
Review: Dave Rawlings Machine – A Friend of a Friend
DAVE RAWLINGS MACHINE A Friend of a Friend Who can count Ryan Adams, Gillian Welch and Conor “Bright Eyes” Oberst...