Adding Another Name to an Exclusive Club – Richard X. Heyman Returns with “67,000 Miles an Album”
R. Stevie Moore before his recent retirement. John Andrew Fredrick under the guise of The Black...
Author: Dave Cantrell
Gilded in Something That Approaches Epiphany – New Album “My Heart” from Nora O’Connor
This world, perhaps as much as ever, needs its honest songwriters. Not just those speaking truth...
STEREO EMBERS EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE – Debut Album “Hypnopomp” from the Incomparable Katie Lass, Mastered By Warren DeFever (with track-by-track rundown from the artist)
We could begin this way: “Every once in a while, an artist comes along that blasts...
STEREO EMBERS EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE – Mortal Prophets’ Cool Incendiary Take on “Baby Please Don’t Go” ft. Morphine’s Dana Colley (includes interview with head Prophet John Beckmann!)
Like a fire-breathing ensemble risen from the ether with a fearless blend of genre-fucking intelligence driving...
Like an Act of Blissful Subterfuge – Former Akron/Family Member Dana Buoy’s New “Experiments in Plant-Based Music, Vol.1”
However one chooses to remember early-21st c. ensemble Akron/Family – skewed but charming pop provocateurs, genre-wandering...
STEREO EMBERS EXCLUSIVE – “Typical Girls, Volume 6” from the essential Emotional Response label, w/track-by-track commentary from ace compiler Camylle Reynolds
If you’re like us here at SEM, your early listening life, when the hungers of the...
STEREO EMBERS VIDEO PREMIERE – Kramer’s “Bukowski on the Beach” from His New Ambient Album ‘Music For Films Edited By Moths’
The question must ultimately arise: Is there a modern musical niche in which the shape of...
STEREO EMBERS EXCLUSIVE – Debut EP from Wash DC ‘Supergroup’ Ecstatic International (ex-Priests, Ex Hex, et cetera) with Track-By-Track Breakdown!
Most transitions in the artist/music world, we’ve found, are, if not tortured, at least a bit...
STEREO EMBERS TRACK OF THE DAY – “Ripcord, Ripcord” from Chris Connelly’s Upcoming New Album EULOGY TO CHRISTA: A TRIBUTE TO THE MUSIC AND MYSTIQUE OF NICO
Take a quick trip through Chris Connelly’s near-40 year history over on his Discogs page and...
Back Into that Enchantedly Troubled Landscape – “Bloom Decay” from Portland’s Darkswoon
One of the coolest, most rewarding aspects when it comes to writing about music – and,...