Cass McCombs: Interior Live Oak review – Double Album Doubles the Pleasures of One of Indie-Rock’s Finest
[The Guardian] With existential lullabies and ritualistic stomps, tear-jerking odes and ballads worthy of Sinatra, US indie’s steadfast storyteller makes a wonderfully unhurried double album his best yet By Ben Beaumont-Thomas As bloated piles of “content” overfill our cultural to-do lists, a double album isn’t always met with a warm welcome: an 80-minute film is ...
Hayes Carll Turns Inward With Clever and Charming Songcraft on ‘We’re Only Human’
[Glide Magazine] By John Moore Like John Prine and Jerry Jeff Walker before him, Hayes Carll has made a career out of blending mellow, infectious acoustic folk with sharp, often humorous portraits of everyday people. But on We’re Only Human, his 10th studio album, one of the first things you’ll notice is that Carll has turned that ...
Joan Shelley Announces New Album Real Warmth, Shares New Song “Everybody”: Listen
[Pitchfork] The Kentucky songwriter’s follow-up to 2022’s The Spur is out September 19 via No Quarter By Walden Green Joan Shelley has announced a new album: Real Warmth is out September 19 via No Quarter. The Kentucky songwriter’s follow up to 2022’s The Spur was produced by Ben Whiteley and features contributions from the Weather Station’s Tamara Lindeman, Doug Paisley, Nathan Salsburg, Matt Kelley, Ken Whiteley, drummer ...
Breakthrough Americana Artist S.G. Goodman on Exploring Southern Identify, Grief and Practical Astrology in Her Outstanding ‘Planting by the Signs’ Album
[Variety] By Jewly Hight Astrology has been going viral lately. From Ariana Grande, SZA and Kacey Musgraves’ Saturn-centric song lyrics to astrology influencers dispensing dishy dating advice and the meme-ification of traits associated with Zodiac signs, allusions to the positions of the sun, moon and planets function as vaguely mystical, with-it and worldly shorthand. Western Kentucky ...
Jonathan Richman – ‘Only Frozen Sky Anyway’ album review: one of his very best
[Far Out] By Tom Taylor THE SKINNY: Four years on from his last solo record, Jonathan Richman has returned with his 18th studio album, Only Frozen Sky Anyway. It feels like a defining moment for the 74-year-old musician. Not only does it see him nod to the past, hooking back up with his former Modern Lovers bandmate Jerry Harrison ...
