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Ndidi Onukwulu: The Contradictor

Ndidi Onukwulu seems to be Conor Oberst’s eponymous Soul Singer in a Session Band.

That was harsh. I didn’t mean...

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Sparks: Exotic Creatures of the Deep

I refuse to believe Sparks are from Los Angeles, an area of the world renowned for its vapidity, shallowness, and...

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Shearwater: Rook

The fact that I love Rook way more than anything Okkervil River or Shearwater have done before obviously shows my...

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The Submarines: Honeysuckle Weeks

Blake Hazard must have a doe-eyed belief in the transformative power of affection. How else could she sing a line...

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Living Legends: The Gathering EP

The Living Legends, of an ironic moniker and modest west coast origins, have, in wake of Murs’ relative stardom, Grouch’s...

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Stars Like Fleas: The Ken Burns Effect

New York live splashes and thick fucking band Stars Like Fleas have released their third album, the first, so we’ve...

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Four Tet: Ringer EP

Having allowed his free jazz guilt complex to play out across the unforgiving spans of Everything Ecstatic (2005) and collaborations...

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High Places: 03/07 - 09/07

DOMINIC and MARKEY (who bear no resemblance to any of CMG’s writers, nominal coincidences notwithstanding) have been...

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Jamie Lidell: Jim

I loved Multiply (2005). Alongside Lewis Taylor’s forgotten gem Stoned, Pt. 1 (2004) it suggested the basic Stax/Motown blueprint were...