Lillimure: Lillimure
Lillimure Lillimure (Lillimure) A jaunty “Wallflower” opens Lillimure’s self-titled debut. With its stop and go, floaty harmony vocals, slipping sly horn work, plus Sam Caldwell’s light tickling keys, the listener is brought headfirst into what turns out to be quite a dense jazz-pop release. A picked acoustic, with subtle bass from Jason Robbins, More...
Nao Yoshioka: Undeniable
Nao Yoshioka Undeniable (Sweet Soul Records) The bubbly echo-y lightness of an easy grooving “Got Me,” opens Nao Yoshioka’s new 14-song album, Undeniable. It’s been two years since the Japanese soul, and More...
Vampire Weekend: Father of the Bride
Vampire Weekend Father of the Bride (Sony Music) Father of the Bride is Vampire Weekend’s first album in six years, their longest gap between albums and a good stretch of time by any standard. Amazingly, it’s More...
Tanya Gallagher: One Hand On My Heart
Tanya Gallagher One Hand On My Heart (Head Above Water) The snappy lead single, “Dark Side,” kicks off Tanya Gallagher’s new EP One Hand On My Heart. There is a fun running fast-to-catch-up to the kinetic lyric More...
Tanya Gallagher: One Hand On My Heart
Tanya Gallagher One Hand On My Heart (Head Above Water) The snappy lead single, “Dark Side,” kicks off Tanya Gallagher’s new EP One Hand On My Heart. There is a fun running fast-to-catch-up to the kinetic lyric More...
Ghostfeeder: Star Beast
Ghostfeeder Star Beast (Ghostfeeder) Three years after the [synth]poppy World Fameless, Tampa synthrock artist Ghostfeeder has released Star Beast, an 80s video game-inspired collection of cyberpunk jams to share More...
Neil Young & The Stray Gators: Tuscaloosa
Neil Young & The Stray Gators Tuscaloosa (Silver Bow Productions, Inc) Dipping back into his history, as he has been wont to do lately (as plenty of classic artists have been doing now with the ease of online More...
Jay Clark Band: The Time Is Now
Jay Clark Band The Time is Now (Donald J Clark Jr) The heavy stomp of “Not Giving Up” opens us up into the Jay Clark Band’s new release The Time is Now. From the outset here it’s evident the listener is More...
Bus Stop Poets and the Lafayettes: Leave it to the Kids
Bus Stop Poets and The Lafayettes Leave it to the Kids (Juniper Surfer Records) The roiling acoustic and lifting harmonies of “You Won’t Miss Me (Here)” kicks us off to Bus Stop Poets Leave it to the Kids, More...
Eddy Yang: American Glory
Eddy Yang American Glory (Eddy Yang) You have to give Eddy Yang his due. He managed all the writing, recording, production, mixing, mastering, and even produced the album artwork of his American Glory. The loosely More...
