by Erinn Fortson In the last 30 years, Speed the Plough has undergone several transformations. John Baumgartner has been there since the start. He and wife Toni formed the band back in 1984, watching several band mates come and go during the group’s three-decade stint. More Read More

by Michele Zipkin You never know when a new song might arise from an attempt to revisit an old one, but for Ivan Howard and Kelly Crisp of the Rosebuds, that is exactly what sparked their latest record, Sand + Silence. This marks the sixth full-length from the North Carolinian Read More

Adult Jazz Gist Is Reviewed by: Lara Supan   Indescribable, curious, quirky and a little bit genius. Gist Is starts out with a drone as lead singer Harry Burgess weaves his chant-like vocals in and out of a loosely held together rhythm, and it’s absolutely captivating. Read More

Spoon They Want My Soul Reviewed by: Rebecca Robinson   They Want My Soul, the newest album by Spoon, is the perfect album for the end of summer. Strong drums throughout the album will cause even the most wary of listeners to nod their head along to the beats. Although true Read More

Bear In Heaven Time Is Over One Day Old Reviewed by: Ari Roth   Bear In Heaven return with their fourth album, a hypnotic, droning record of towering psychedelia that feels like a natural extension of their past work, minus some of the pop touches that made previous albums, Read More

Mozart’s Sister Being Reviewed by: Ari Roth   It’s hard to talk about Mozart’s Sister, aka Caila Thompson-Hannant, without bringing up her origins in the Montreal scene that also birthed Grimes, Majical Cloudz and Doldrums. Her style of homemade synth pop is particularly Read More