[rating=8.00] Charlie Parr’s latest album (roughly the *sixteenth* from the Minnesotan roots mainstay) is a fascinating feat of fine songwriting and quality production work. Recorded at Down Yonder Farm in North Carolina, it shows
[rating=7.00] “Grifting 101” I’d like to take this time to dub the latter half of Community season 6 “A New Hope.” Partly because of yesterday’s Star Wars holiday, partly because of
The 2015 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival has locked up the gates, cleaned up the grounds & sent all the musicians off to other cities. But the memories are
Jessie Baylin is a most compelling artist and live performer. She’s adorably shy on stage, but also seems to truly enjoy performing. At a recent show that brought her back
Austin City Limits Music Festival is back for its 14th year in Zilker Park with its 2015 lineusp showcasing over 140 acts including Foo Fighters in their first ACL Fest
[rating=7.00] “The Lady” After a sneaking suspicion that Silicon Valley is stupidly sexist, we get a solid episode making fun of everything they’ve been lacking for the past season plus. It
[rating=8.00] “The Sons of the Harpy” After a conspicuously meandering start to the fifth season, last night proved to be one of the most compelling, densely packed and brilliantly paced
Jason Isbell has announced tour dates in support of the July 17 release of Something More Than Free, his highly anticipated fifth album (Southeastern Records). Isbell will be touring extensively
[rating=10.00] “I’m Don Draper from McCann Erickson.” It finally happened: the most heartbreaking words Don Draper has ever spoken. Though the moment felt somewhat like a contrived, allegorical puppet show
[rating=8.00] It’s been over a decade since It Still Moves, the arguable pinnacle of My Morning Jacket’s discography, and in the interim (with the benefit of that proverbial hindsight), the
