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Jon DeRosa

A Wolf in Preacher’s Clothes

(Mother West)   www.motherwest.com   I recently had told a friend, who knows DeRosa, that the guy looks like Danzig, to which my pal laughed and said he needed to tell him (he also r more...

Lee Bains III & the Glory Fires

There is a Bomb in Gilead

(Alive)   www.alive-totalenergy.com   There is a Bomb in Gilead, the first solo record from former Dexateen Lee Bains III, doesn't travel far afield from the sounds made by his ex-ba more...

MV & EE

Space Homestead

(Woodsist)   www.woodsist.com/    Longtime musical partners, and multi-instrumentalists Matt Valentine and Erica Elders, over the last decade have cranked out more than 33 album more...

Turnpike Troubadours

Goodbye Normal Street

(Thirty Tigers)   www.turmpiketroubadours.com)   Three albums on, the Turnpike Troubadours have evolved from the hard-bitten road warriors their handle implies into a band of musical more...

Joe Pug

The Great Despiser

(Lightning Rod) www.lightningrodrecords.com     Given the fact that he's always been an indie operator, it's likely that Joe Pug's recognition will continue to come slowly and only in more...

Brendan Benson

What Kind of World

(Readymade)   www.readymaderecords.com   After exploring country music (well, to a certain extent) on 2009's My Old, Familiar Friend, power pop maestro Brendan Benson returns to his more...

Candy

Whatever Happened to Fun…

(Rock Candy)   www.rockcandyrecords.com   One of the great lost treasures of ‘80s rock, Whatever Happened to Fun..., the debut LP by one-and-done L.A. quartet Candy, finally ge more...

Various Artists

Soul Cal

(Now-Again)   www.nowagainrecords.com   Ten years in the compiling by the savvy archivists at Now-Again, Soul Cal collects fifteen ultra-rare tracks recorded between 1971 and 1982 th more...

Mink DeVille

Cabretta + Return to Magenta + Le Chat Bleu

(Capitol/Culture Factory USA)   www.culturefactoryusa.com   When Willy DeVille died in 2009, there was an outpouring of grief from his diehard fans, but otherwise the event was barely more...

Lindsay Fuller

You, Anniversary

(ATO Records)   www.atorecords.com   Maybe as we near the Mayan Armageddon we'll find a bigger audience and general appreciation for the death-preoccupations of musicians like Lindsa more...


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