Finally Back and Hallelujah – New Politicians’ “Room 101 EP”
Music fans can be greedy and demanding, can’t we? We hover over our obsessions – called...
Author: Dave Cantrell
Stereo Embers TRACK OF THE DAY – “No Horses” by Garbage
To be blunt? Fuck, we just don’t know. What’s the most powerful piece of this? Which...
Dates of Undying Celebration – Peter Hook and The Light’s Four Most Recent Live Show Recordings featuring “Unknown Pleasures,” “Closer,” “Movement,” and “Power Corruption & Lies”
Photo by Geoff Tischman Beyond the sheer bountiful enjoyment of hearing this material – among the...
By Any Other Name – The Telescopes return with “As Light Return”
One wonders whether the name had anything to do with it. If (sole constant member) Stephen...
The Impromptu Meets the Concrete in a Faustian Bargain – “Fresh Air” by faUSt
Sitting where I sit to attempt this quixotic work, in a more or less public café...
STEREO EMBERS WORLD PREMIER – She Sir’s Second Album “Rival Island
Having burst as if from a chrysalis in 2014 with their debut album Go Guitars, Austin-based She...
Brash Insouciance Baked into a Souffle of Genius – H. Hawkline’s “I Romanticize”
Gotta say I’m getting damned tired of this ‘Where’ve I been?’ business. While there’s little reason...
STEREO EMBERS SINGLE PREMIER: “Hold Me Closer” by Bodies of Water
Having swelled by a few musicians the list of virtuosic friends core duo Meredith and David...
LIGHTNING STRIKES – A Southern Gothic Rebirth: Thelonesomekid “The Last Days of Sugar,” Roselit Bone “Blister Steel,” Slim Cessna’s Auto Club “Cipher”
THELONESOMEKID “The Last Days of Sugar” (self-released) Produced by Drive-By Truckers pal...
Gently Unflinching – “Folklore” from Matthew Edwards and the Unfortunates
Every rare once in a while there’s an artist whose work has such a deep and...