Beauty and Basic Human Gravity – “The Space Between Us” from Robert Deeble
Among the stuff that comes to us there are those things that, no matter how understatedly...
Author: Dave Cantrell
The Joy of Unraveling – The Monochrome Set’s Latest Subtly Stunning Album “Lotus Bridge”
So, there are these threads. They come in varying strengths and lengths and tend to tangle...
A Work of Startling, Damn Near Dramatic Nuance – Joy Division’s “Insight” from Thurston Moore and Bonner Kramer’s Upcoming Album ‘They Came From Swallows – Seven Requiems for the Children of Gaza’
There are moments in this (admittedly obsessive) music-listening life when transcendance comes upon you as if...
Mirroring the Very Essence – Bill Pritchard’s “Haunted”
Let us be blunt. There are – as they say – vanishingly few songwriters that parallel...
A Singularly Heroic Legacy of His Own – “Into the Public Doman” from Parliament/Funkadelic Alumnus Michael Hampton
I believe the phrase is “Oh…my…FKING GOD!!” But first a bit of personal history for context....
STEREO EMBERS TRACK OF THE DAY – “Fragile Things” from New Portland Industrial Darkwave Band Hexxes
I could not have imagined the level of joy I would ultimately – and continuously –...
A Purely Sui Generis Gem of an Album – “As You Heard Me” from New Jersey’s The Cucumbers
Since its much debated inception – was it Woody Guthrie’s Dust Bowl Ballads released in 1940; Sinatra’s...
STEREO EMBERS VIDEO/SINGLE EXCLUSIVE – “Cuckoo” from ex-Adorable Front Man Pete Fij
Amid the dull chaos that is, as it its wont, making its usual droll mockery of...
STEREO EMBERS EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE – “Chill” from Allen Ginsberg Protégé David Aaron Goldberg’s Newest Work ‘Trap Poems’
Language is its own thing, it has its own relationships, lives its own life. Its variants,...
That Shiver of Grace – Lande Hekt’s Newest Album “Lucky Now”
OK, well, this is a good sign. As soon as the UK-based Lande Hekt opened her...