Review: Bon Iver – Bon Iver (2011)
A few months ago, I made a promise: I would listen to Bon Iver’s self-titled album as it was “meant to be heard,” stoned and surrounded by good friends. I take drunken deals unusually seriously, so when the album came out, I held out on listening until the afternoon where all the proper f
CONCERT REVIEW: HE’S MY BROTHER SHE’S MY SISTER AT OLD ROCK HOUSE (ST. LOUIS)
Scarlet Tanager (St. Louis, MO) and He’s My Brother She’s My Sister (Los Angeles, CA)January 29th, 2012Old Rock House in St. Louis, Missouri 8:00 PM; St. Louis, MO; Old Rock House; Basil Hayden, neat. After some illegal turns down the labyrinthine one-ways of downtown St. Lou
Interview: Tristen (Nashville)
Every single day, there’s dozens of new names and bands that come and go in a flash. It’s overwhelming, easily and near impossible to follow closely everything going on out there in music-but that’s the exciting thing. There’s always something new. But even more exciting is when one artist c
REVIEW: MINA TINDLE – MINA TINDLE EP (2011)
It could just be me, but it seems French singer/songwriters are upping their game of late. Maybe it’s because everyone’s been doing Erasmus the past decade, breaking out of their comfort zones and spending times around off-campus parties in college towns in America soaking in the culture while r
Review: The Loom – Teeth (2011)
Last May, Brooklyn’s The Loom stopped by Madison with their fellow friend Christopher Paul Stelling to perform a rather multifaceted set that didn’t quite content itself in the folk genre. Drums were markedly more uptempo. Guitars quavered into psychedelia. Teeth is
Review: Jeremiah Nelson – Drugs to Make You Sober (2011)
The harsh winter can do a number on brittle bones. Autumn’s visual warmth is long gone save the stalwart conifers, leaving fireplaces and holidays to look forward to. Ironically winter’s the season of comfort, where nostalgia and friends circle the wagons around one another in order to see the n
INTERVIEW: JEREMIAH NELSON (MADISON)
Aside from Julian Lynch and Zola Jesus, Madison’s most talked about musician since last fall has been Jeremiah Nelson. Before his Drugs to Make You Soberwas released, then-leafless trees were rustling throughout Wisconsin with whispers of how good it was. March 26th rolled in with the album d
INTERVIEW: CHRISTOPHER PAUL STELLING (BROOKLYN)
Christopher Paul Stelling astonished the Project Lodge in Madison a short few weeks ago, leaving an imprint as deep as his foot stomping and fiery singing could go. With a dead stare, foreboding, emboldened or impassioned, Christopher came out of nowhere. If it wasn’t the rooted lyrics, his gui
INTERVIEW + SHOW PREVIEW: DARK DARK DARK (AT THE SATELLITE WITH Y LA BAMBA IN L.A, APRIL 28TH)
Dark Dark Dark (Minneapolis)Y La Bamba (Portland)Why Are We Building Such a Big Ship? (New Orleans) April 28th, 2011 at 8:30 PM21+, $10-$12The Satellite, Los Angeles, California Eclectic folk quartet Dark Dark Dark will be coming to Satellite in Silverlake on April 28 w