Michele Zipkin

Ed Harcourt Back Into the Woods Reviewed by Michele Zipkin     The sixth studio album by the very accomplished Ed Harcourt, Back Into the Woods, is a collection of very honest songs that pull back a curtain onto a personal landscape of his thoughts and experiences.  He Read More

Golden Grrrls Self titled Reviewed by Michele Zipkin     The tunes on the first self-titled, Slumberland-released album of Glasgow-based Golden Grrrls are catchy and addictive.  Perhaps inspired by (or definitely similar to) ’80s and ’90s riot (girl) bands Read More

 Flume Self titled Reviewed by Michele Zipkin   The twenty-one-year-old Australian producer whose musical nom de plume is Flume has been making positive waves in the beat-making scene with his debut self-titled record, officially released on February 19th.  This young artist Read More

 Darwin Deez Songs for Imaginative People Reviewed by Michele Zipkin     Songs for Imaginative People is the second full-length album from New York-based indie rocker Darwin Deez, and the record more than lives up to its title.  If his first record was composed of a Read More

The Stone Foxes  Small Fires Reviewed by Michele Zipkin       This third record by San Francisco-based blues rock band the Stone Foxes will make you want to shake your hair and rock out.  It kicks off with the dark and thumping “Everybody Knows”, which takes its Read More

Jim James Regions of Light and Sound of God Reviewed by Michele Zipkin     As someone who is only tangentially familiar with Jim James’ work in My Morning Jacket, hearing the first track of his first solo album, Regions of Light and Sound of God, was pleasantly Read More