[rating=7.00] Josh Rouse has always taken an unassuming stance throughout most of his career, never making music that sounds so assertive as to detract from his generally supple style. Love
[rating=8.00] Nels Cline has it all figured out. He plays with Wilco for the bigger audiences and makes adventurous avant-jazz albums to satisfy his ever-changing, creative muse. Wilco’s lead guitarist
[rating=9.00] It’s become a common colloquialism to say, “Who remembers much from the s’70s anyway?” Let’s go back to 1971 when youngsters were listening to Led Zeppelin, The Who and
In the latest Wannabe, artist Chris Prunckle offers his illustrated commentary on Years, the new album from country punks Sarah Shook & the Disarmers, in his signature six-panel comic strip form. Click on the image for full
[rating=8.00] Wisconsin’s duo, oft expanded to quartet, Dead Horses, have been steadily building a loyal fan base for eight years now. This is their third release and it cites the
[rating=7.00] The story goes that in setting out to record the follow up to Unknown Mortal Orchestra’s masterful 2015 record, Multi-Love, the band’s mastermind Ruban Nielson opted to shake up
[rating=7.00] For diehards of psychedelic rock, those who have clung to the threads of the genre weaving their wave through the decades, the formation of MIEN is a perfect storm.
[rating=6.00] Consider Blackberry Smoke a group of retro-sounding rockers who also cling to contemporary credence. While their sound is clearly modeled on certain Southern Rock standard bearers — Skynyrd, the
[rating=7.00] The Austin trio Greyhounds have always had an affinity for the soul music from Memphis. On Cheyenne Valley Drive they wanted to directly capture the Bluff City’s vibe by
[rating=8.00] Phil Madeira is by turns multi- instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, illustrator, painter, producer, sideman, front man. Madeira, by his own admission, is far from a household name but he’s become a
