Reviews / RSS

(Bloodshot)   www.bloodshotrecords.com   Ben Weaver's a master of understatement. At the tender age of 33, he conveys his conviction with the passion of a venerable old soul, a seaso more...

(Iris Records)   www.irisrecords.com When you're the offspring of James Taylor and Carly Simon, it's only natural that people would assume you're going to be bubbly, bright-eyed and follo more...

(New West)   www.newwestrecords.com   Looking like Leon Russell’s understudy circa the “Mad Dogs & Englishmen” tour, singing in a voice pitched halfway between Bon more...

(Domino Recording Co.)   www.dominorecordco.us     It's never a good sign when you can't figure out if a musician is putting you on or not. Listening to Benjy Ferree's latest more...

(Drag City)   www.dragcity.com   English folk great Bert Jansch's trilogy of titles released on the old Charisma label back in the 1970s during his short sabbatical in Los Angeles more...

(Jagjaguwar)   www.jagjaguwar.com   The third album by Montrealean married duo Olga Goreas and Jace Lasek churns cathedral-sized anthems and clots them with MBV-ish miasmas of guita more...

(Arista/Legacy)   www.legacyrecordings.com     More than a dozen years after it won the Mercury Music Prize, Beth Orton's debut still sounds fresh and vibrant. When it arrived more...

(Second Motion)   www.secondmotionrecords.com   On album number nine, this Dutch indie band returns to its roots, eschewing the tortured adult-rock of 2000's Private Suit and the won more...

(Anti-)   www.anti.com   Sam Cooke's "A Change Is Gonna Come" has become the unofficial anthem of Barack Obama's presidential campaign and victory, with artists as varied as Arcade more...

(Sundazed)   www.sundazed.com   What was weird about Bettye LaVette's triumphant comeback in 2005 is that so many people who embraced it hadn't heard a note of her pre-comeback cata more...