Lining the Boulevards with Impact and Grace – Bill Pritchard’s “Sings Poems By Patrick Woodcock”
As a listener it’s always seemed a tricky business when a songwriter, with primarily just an...
Author: Dave Cantrell
STEREO EMBERS VIDEO PREMIERE – “Blue Skies Will Haunt You From Now On” by The Electric Ghosts (Daniel Johnston, Jack Medicine & Kramer) from Shimmy-Disc Vinyl Reissue of 2006’s ‘I Killed the Monster: The Songs of Daniel Johnston
Yep, that’s a very long heading up above but how could it be avoided what with...
STEREO EMBERS EXCLUSIVE SINGLE/VIDEO PREVIEW – “Fungal Mountain Breakdown” from former Butthole Surfer JD Pinkus Accompanied by Tall Tall Trees Banjoist Extraordinaire Mike Savino
If you wanna talk breakdown in terms of musical fundamentals you could do a whole helluva...
Ennobling the Concept of the Comeback Record – Germany’s Robocop Kraus Return After 15 Years Without Missing a Beat
OK, there are all these claims and promises on the (ex)pertly written promo sheet that came...
A Sparse Intensity That Instantly Intrigues – Resurrectionists’ New Album “Now That We Are All Ghosts”
While not as frequently as we’d like, some records command our attention immediately, pretty much before...
ECSTATIC STEREO EMBERS SINGLE/VIDEO PREMIERE – “This Thing Called We” from Philadelphia’s Northern Arms
Whereas, for writers, the shame of repeating ourselves, be it in poetry prose or critical appraisal,...
STEREO EMBERS EXCLUSIVE ALBUM STREAM w/ TRACK BY TRACK – “To All The Distance Between Us” from Seattle Dreampop Band The National Honor Society
Easily – obviously, even – the greatest liability a modest (if fiercely devoted) magazine like SEM...
Screaming Females Slay Vancouver: a Marissa Paternoster Interview
Text and interview by Allan MacInnis and Mo Tarmohamed, with photos by Bob Hanham Does Screaming...
Hooks Raining Down Like Some Sort of Popgeist Manna – the black watch’s “Future Strangers”
If I’ve just skimmed the archives accurately – a solid if still slightly shaky ‘if’ –...
STEREO EMBERS EXCLUSIVE VIDEO PREMIERE – “Nocturne” ft. Kramer with Britta Phillips from the VERY Limited “Rings of Saturn,” a Six-EP 7″ Multi-Collaborative Wooden Boxset from Shimmy-Disc
Before we pour out our spilling-over and rather wowed enthusiasm regarding the concept and execution of...