Ian La Rue and the Condor – Small Chest Muscles, Huge Wingspan
By Jenny Henkelman [caption id="attachment_598" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Photo by Andrew Workman"][/caption] "I’m cooking on the tour,” Matt Magura announces between...
Review: Dead Man’s Bones
DEAD MAN’S BONES Dead Man’s Bones Released right around Halloweentime, Dead Man’s Bones could be considered gimmicky if it wasn’t...
J.R. Hill Exists; Your Argument Is Invalid
By Taylor Burgess In his disorderly Wolseley basement named the Mortfell Oktorium Studio, J.R. Hill has been focusing on recording...
The Paperbacks – Doubling Up
By Michael Elves While reports of the music industry’s demise have been greatly exaggerated, the more recent prognosis is that...
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...