Micah Schnabel — I’m Dead, Serious. Out now. In case you’re unfamiliar with my feelings about Micah Schnabel and his songwriting, you might want to go spend some time with the thousand words I spent on his first solo record, When The Stage Lights Go Dim, or the second thousand I spent on Two Cow…
Category: opinions about albums
two sentence reviews of new albums i listened to in april
I swear I listened to more than this, but apparently I didn’t write about them. I’ll do better in May. Anyway: boom, new albums, including two from my beloved This Is American Music. Carolina Chocolate Drops — Leaving Eden: Triangle GRAMMY winners follow up 2010’s spectacular Genuine Negro Jig with this one, which is a…
wylie hunter & the cazadores — someone you used to know
Wylie Hunter & the Cazadores — Someone You Used To Know. Out 3/31 with a release show at Local 506, Chapel Hill, NC. 9PM with Onward, Soldiers and the Tomahawks. Based on my could-I-borrow-a-PA test, I probably shouldn’t write about the full-length debut from Wylie Hunter and his merry band of Cazadores, since they’d all…
justin townes earle — nothing’s gonna change the way you feel about me now
Justin Townes Earle — Nothing’s Gonna Change The Way You Feel About Me Now. Out 3/28, Bloodshot Records. When it comes to my favorite artists releasing new albums, I have two pre-release schools of anxiety: there’s the anxiety that this artist I love is going to make a super shitty album, and I am going…
two sentence reviews of new albums i listened to in february
Damien Jurado — Maraqopa: psychdelic, ringing, and bleak, this is my first encounter with Jurado beyond a perennial favorite promo photo of him smoking a cigarette in a bathroom, and I love it. It’s scary and huge, and the guitar work on it is otherworldly in both talent and sound. Estrogen Highs — Irrelevant Future:…
craig finn — clear heart full eyes
Craig Finn — Clear Heart Full Eyes. Out 1/24/2012. Vagrant Records. The thing is — and this doesn’t make me an expert, or smug and self-satisfied, or anything but opinionated, this is just the way I feel — the thing is that I think there’s a certain something in Craig Finn’s songwriting, a tiny pinch…
dr dog — be the void
Dr Dog — Be The Void. Out 2/7, Anti- Records. I spent most of the weekend thinking about what I wanted to say about Dr. Dog’s fifth full length LP, Be The Void. I have listened to it a dozen times since getting a copy for review, and I understand that I love it unconditionally,…
two sentence reviews of reasonably new albums i listened to in december and january
Short and sweet this month. Didn’t process much new stuff, but getting ready to dig in. February will be big! Estrangers — Black Ballroom: a debut release from a Winston-Salem band, this is fuzzy and catchy garage rock, similar to what the Smith Westerns are doing. It shimmers and swings, and the distorted vocals with…
kathleen edwards — voyageur
Kathleen Edwards — Voyageur. Out 1/17, Zoe Records. When I fell in love with Kathleen Edwards, between Back to Me and Asking for Flowers, it was on the strength of her songwriting: I am tired of playing defense and I don’t even own hockey skates, or asking for flowers is like asking you to be…
onward soldiers — monsters
Onward, Soldiers — Monsters. Out 2/21, Winoca Records, unless you’re in Raleigh, in which case out 1/26, at the Pour House. The Alpha Site has had a copy of Monsters in my car for a few weeks now, and when we were driving home from somewhere last week, we were talking about why it’s good….
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