Senior Editor Dave Cantrell’s Top Twenty(-Two) Post-Punk Albums of 2016
Sometimes traditions begin by accident and then, apparently, continue to…evolve. Last year at this time, I...
Author: Dave Cantrell
Pop Dynamics 101 – “Six Seasons” by The Orange Peels’ Allen Clapp
As a complement to the recent Friends & Frenemies compilation comes Mystery Lawn Music honcho Allen...
LIGHTNING STRIKES – Naïm Amor & John Convertino “The Western Suite and Siesta Songs,” Brian Cullman “New Year’s Eve,” Sunday Morning “Sunday Morning”
NAÏM AMOR & JOHN CONVERTINO Western Suite and Siesta Songs (LM Duplication) How collaboration comes together is a...
A Recklessly Intimate Camaraderie – Mike Watt’s momentous “”ring spiel” tour ’95”
Some albums sell themselves, don’t you think? And if you do agree, then this review is...
STEREO EMBERS EXCLUSIVE PREMIER – The Orange Peels’ “Square Turns To Circle” from just-released Mystery Lawn Music compilation
The album is called Friends & Frenemies and it contains a dozen and a half swirling...
To Glean the Spark’s Essence – John Howard’s Masterful “Across the Door Sill”
It is not always, or perhaps ever, our job as writers to go beyond the circumstances...
Wrapped in a Stung Tension – Kristin Hersh’s “Wyatt at the Coyote Palace”
What is this relationship exactly between artist and ‘fan?’ That last word earns its single quotation...
An Agility of Purpose and Striking Clarity – Oskar’s Drum’s “A Cathedral of Hands”
I’m not sure what to thank Patrick Fitzgerald (AKA Stephen Hero) for most, the inspiring example...
STEREO EMBERS VIDEO PREMIER – Sophe Lux & the Mystic’s “Your Wonderland”
Well, considering that we here at SEM have been fortunate enough throughout 2016 to be the...
A Slightly Brighter Gleam – Black Marble’s “It’s Immaterial”
Sometimes you read into things. On It’s Immaterial, Chris Stewart’s first record as Black Marble since...