Records
Kathleen Edwards : Voyageur
A lot has changed in Kathleen Edwards’ life since her last record, 2008’s Asking for Flowers: she ended a four-year...
Jan 14, 2012
Tracks
Scissor Sisters: "Shady Love"
As a fledgling glam upstart in the early 2000s, far before South Park had made a cheap joke of their...
Jan 10, 2012
Records
Guided by Voices: Let's Go Eat the Factory
Guided by Voices have a thing for dramatic gestures. Seven years ago, the band ostensibly wrapped up their two-decade run...
Jan 10, 2012
Records
Sepalcure: Sepalcure
I’m willing to accept that in 2012 it’s almost impossible not to sound like an asshole when attempting to make...
Jan 10, 2012
Records
The Sandwitches: Mrs. Jones' Cookies
Tambourine players are, for the most part, just people with a real jingly on-stage pass. An unexpected corner of the...
Jan 10, 2012
Records
Kieran Hebden/Steve Reid/Mats Gustafsson: Live at the South Bank
A repetition of melody, less drone than percussive, as toms with an ocean’s worth of reverb on them ring patterns...
Jan 10, 2012
Concerts
Cass McCombs
What a difference seven months can make. When I saw Cass McCombs for the first time in 2011 at Seattle’s...
Jan 09, 2012
Tracks
Hectic Zeniths: "Then and Now"
Math teacher Adam Prince knows that both sides of every equation have to balance perfectly—if they don’t, you get a...
Jan 09, 2012