January 22, 2014
by Lauren
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Rooms With Walls And Windows by Julie Byrne Released January 21, 2014 on Orindal Records Julie Byrne’s deput LP, Rooms With Walls And Windows, a record delicately hinged almost solely to Byrne’s palpable voice and unfettered plucking, stirs with a … Continue reading
February 10, 2013
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Though Owen Ashworth closed the book on his Casiotone years some time ago, and has reemerged again as Advance Base, Casiotone For The Painfully Alone’s In Cambridge serves as a captured memory and a captivating account of something cherished coming … Continue reading
February 5, 2013
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Each Breath Is Like A Waterfall Running Through My Heart And It Let’s You Know That I’m Not Alone Although I’ve Been Alone… -From “Mystery Life” by Aan The title track of Aan’s latest 7″ release Mystery Life begins with … Continue reading
January 11, 2013
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Summer Daze by Summerays. Released January 1, 2013. Self-recorded in Cleveland, OH by Summerays’ Luke Teeters. Bright surf-guitar discovers a fine friend in elements of Japanese folk music with Summerays’ debut LP Summer Daze. Summer Daze begins and ends with … Continue reading
October 8, 2012
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Scott Hutchison bleeds deeper and “thicker than concrete” on Frightened Rabbit‘s State Hospital EP but instead of sparing himself, he remains, at the end of it, barely viable, with significant blood loss, for he has poured out everything, like a … Continue reading
February 15, 2012
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All photos taken from sharonvanetten.com Sharon Van Etten’s marvelous third album Tramp opens with jangling bells and displaced pulled fuzz from panged guitar plucks. Van Etten’s voice comes into view. It saws up and down a ladder of needle-worked indifference … Continue reading
