Kevin Morby — City Music Dead Oceans / Vinyl Me, Please Kevin Morby’s latest makes me feel pretty sleepy, but in a good way. Maybe it’s the indie-fied, chilled-out cover of the Germs’ “Caught in My Eye,” or just the way the album lopes along, but the entirety of City Music...
EP continues former Morningwood frontwoman’s garage-inspired pop Rusted Wave Since Morningwood ended in 2012, former frontwoman Chantal Claret’s solo career has veered more towards music inspired by ’60s garage rock, and her new EP on Rusted Wave, Let’s Pretend Everything Is Okay,...
Rising blues star goes minimal for maximum impact Self-Released Recorded live at Sun Studios in Memphis, Shawn James’ On the Shoulders of Giants is just the musician, a pair of resonator guitars from Austin’s Republic Guitars, a kick drum, and a tambourine. It was recorded in one day, early in February...
Necessary repress of a ’70s jazz-funk classic Tidal Waves Music Jazz funk is a term which seems like it should be very specific, yet instead is applied to such a diverse swathe of musicians as to render it useless. Is it funky jazz? Is it jazzy funk? In certain circumstances, it can refer to the […]
A much needed reissue for a lost relic of the psychedelic ’60s Ship to Shore Phono Co The Holy Mackerel is a largely forgotten yet wildly impressive artifact of the late ’60s folk and psychedelia movement. Created as a studio vehicle for songwriter Paul Williams, the band was short lived...
Indie meets alt-rock in a solid mashup of ’90s music Texacobra Records While Manager is a pretty recent band, they bring back college-aged memories of weeknight shows at the local rock club. I probably should’ve been studying more, but there was no shortage of catchy, slightly dense songs from...
