March 24, 2015

by Tom Noonan Drew Holcomb sounds content.  Not just on his newest release, Medicine, which was released in January and recorded, as always, alongside his sturdy stable of “and” collaborators known as “the Neighbors”, but also in the way he talks about the music he’s making right Read More

by Geno Thackara ‘Humming House’ isn’t just a band name, it’s a mission statement. If it’s not clear enough, their latest live recording is simply titled Party! Their studio release, Revelries, arrived on March 23rd. No doubt you’re starting to Read More

Laura Marling Short Movie Reviewed by: Brian Roser     Laura Marling obviously needs a therapist. Of course, if she ever got one, her career as a songwriter would be over, much the same way Taylor Swift’s would be if she ever had a stable relationship.  The thing with Read More

Kuf Knotz A Positive Light Reviewed by: Matt Kelchner A Positive Light has been a long work in progress for local emcee Kuf Knotz. From moving back and forth between Philadelphia and New York multiple times as well as a number of bad breakups with lovers, friends and bandmates, Read More

Chastity Belt Time to Go Home Reviewed by: Max Miller     Don’t let the Sears Portrait Studio press photos fool you; Seattle’s Chastity Belt harbor a darkness that runs deeper than their bubblegum-pop imagery, much like label mates Tacocat and Colleen Green. Beneath the Read More

Courtney Barnett Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit Reviewed By: Lauren Rosier     Courtney Barnett garnered enormous success with the release of her U.S. debut record, The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas and the first single off the record, “Avant Read More