Songs well sung: That’s Phiro’s recipe for her 'Voyages.'
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Music Review: Prince – ‘HITnRUN: Phase One’
Less than a year after 'Art Official Age,' the Purple Yoda is back with another tasty serving of EDM-tinged pop and soulful R&B, all laced with enigmatic and unpredictable touches.
Read More »Music Reviews: Indie Roundup – Wide-Ranging Americana from Holly Golightly, Stephen Young & the Union, Andy Hackbarth
These three new albums all fit loosely into the Americana category but are all very, very different. Two are from artists who aren't even (originally) from America.
Read More »TBD Fest 2015: Saturday Recap (September 19, 2015)
Cut Copy, Joywave, and Pretty Lights led Saturday's lineup at TBD Festival 2015 in West Sacramento, California.
Read More »Music Review: Paul McCartney – ‘Tug of War’ and ‘Pipes of Peace’ (Archive Collection Reissues)
The latest reissues in the award-winning Archive Collection series cover Paul McCartney's uneven early-'80s period: one's a classic, the other is a decidedly mixed bag.
Read More »Music Review: Elessar Thiessen – ‘A Rainy Week in Paradise’
A rainy day can be either miserable or wonderful according to your attitude; Thiessen goes for the latter.
Read More »Music Review: Sonic Disorder – ‘Human Kind’
Armed with a new singer, Boston hard rock band Sonic Disorder brings the usual heavy goods along with some new sounds to their long-awaited new and second album.
Read More »Music Review: Samuel Claiborne – ‘Love, Lust and Genocide’
‘Love, Lust and Genocide’ comes off as a meditation on America’s current condition.
Read More »Music Review: William Schimmel – ‘Theater of the Accordion’
William Schimmel’s latest, 'Theater of the Accordion,' takes the instrument to heights that demand respect.
Read More »Music Review: Public Image Limited – ‘What the World Needs Now’
'What The World Needs Now' from PiL is the perfect antidote for those grown sick of the pablum of the pop music industry.
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