Inescapably Present – “Blackout” by St Petersburg duo Supernova 1006
One thousand twelve years ago, as April lapsed into May, a star approximately 7200 light years...
Author: Dave Cantrell
STEREO EMBERS EXCLUSIVE ALBUM STREAM – Translator Alumnus Steve Barton’s Triple-disc Opus “Tall Tales and Alibis”
If your only reference point for the work of Steve Barton is his band Translator’s 1982...
Grounded and Wildly Adrift within the Same Moment – Jaguwar’s Accomplished Debut “Ringthing”
Everything, if you think about it, is structures, contours, layers, and purpose. No, wait. Everything is...
Making this Long-Dormant Writer Woke – Elk City’s Fifth “Everybody’s Insecure”
Well, prepare yourself because here I go again …Where the sam hell have I been?...
Quietly Banging Tunes Built Out of Immediacy and Restraint – Pete Astor’s “One for the Ghost”
Let’s consider a few admittedly overused phrases that are nonetheless germane to the album at hand:...
STEREO EMBERS WORLD PREMIER – Melting Walkmen, feat. ex-Moth singer Patrick Ringsborg, debut new mini-LP “Daylight Savings”
Though in existence for over nine years and thereby pre-(and now post-) dating Copenhagen post-punk titans...
A Strange Grief and the Enigma that Wasn’t – Processing the Passing of Mark E Smith
This is all banal to say, to say the least. Yet this, I hope, is somewhat...
An Intensely Lived Calm – Thor Harris & Friends’ “The Subversive Nature of Kindness”
So here we are, the final day of the thirteenth month of 2017, otherwise known as...
The Inherent Sweetness Inside the Ache of Existence – Nick Garrie’s “The Moon & the Village”
While close to the wire and with one more in the pipeline, I continue with this...
Like a Current of Sprent Stars – El Lago’s Incomparable Debut “Colors”
Well, thank goodness for this ’13th month of 2017′ business because, by god, we missed ourselves...