Category: Album
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Nathaniel Sutton Finally Looks Forward on The Days, but Only at the Very End
I put on The Days expecting a pleasant half hour and ended up giving it most of an evening, which says something about the length that I’ll get to in a minute. Nathaniel Sutton took three years over this record, and sixteen songs later you can hear the time in how steadily it holds one…
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Nordicana by Magnolia Shade: Debut EP “You Never Could”
Guitar riffs and electronic beats are part of my daily work, but what I value most are the moments when a familiar sound opens onto a story. The debut EP “You Never Could” by the Danish duo Magnolia Shade is one of those cases. Jan Kølle and Susanne Kristensen call their style Nordicana: an elegant…
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Christmas the Size of a Planet: Lennie Gallant’s “Christmas Day on Planet Earth”
On Christmas, each of us has a special festive melody that takes us back to childhood or fills us with spiritual light. Christmas albums usually resemble New Year’s garlands: they twinkle sweetly, create a mood, and in January are put away in a box until the following year. Lennie Gallant’s “Christmas Day on Planet Earth,”…
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Music Time Couldn’t Steal: Brian Halloran’s New Album “Marauder (That Was Once Joy)”
Time is the most elegant and merciless thief: it leaves no traces at the scene of the crime, except for wrinkles around the eyes and a slight sadness in the voice. In his seventh full-length album, “Marauder (That Was Once Joy)”, New York-based singer-songwriter Brian Halloran transforms the passage of time into the image of…
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Rock ’n’ Roll in Pink Ears: The Glorious Rabbits’ Live Chemistry on the “Squared” EP
Remember how it all started for Alice from the stories of Lewis Carroll? A hot day, a boring book, and running past is the White Rabbit in a vest, checking his pocket watch and muttering that he is late. Alice, without thinking twice, dived into the hole after him. The best stories usually start like…
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There’s Room for Everyone Under This Canopy: Rachael Sage and Her “Under My Canopy”
It often happens that music hides where you least expect it. For example, you browse new releases – listen to everything in a row – and suddenly come across an album and realize: it will stay with me for a long time. That’s how “Under My Canopy” became for me. New York folk-pop singer and…
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Echo of First Love and the Noise of Eras: The Poetic World of Winston Liv
I thought about starting the conversation about the debut album “Joan of Snark” by Winston Liv with a story about Joan of Arc, but after listening to the release and learning more about its creator, I changed my mind. What Winston Liv said about their work conveys the album’s concept best: “Growing up is going…
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“Nothing Feels Normal Anymore”: Lacey Lune Turns Capitalism into Song
“The Capital Club” is the title of Lacey Lune’s new album. Behind its strictly businesslike facade hides a surprisingly luminous, sensual, and tender record. Lacey Lune transforms the thorny experience of growing up and colliding with a pragmatic world into a poetic conversation. “The Capital Club” is a cohesive song cycle of 17 tracks that…
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Closer to Himself: Jason Lenyer Buchanan and His New EP “Lazarus”
Today I want to talk about Jason Lenayer Buchanan’s new EP, “Lazarus.” It contains only three tracks, but there is more meaning and feeling in them than in a 17-track album. Until now, Jason’s main instrument had been the guitar. Now the piano has taken its place, and with it, a new space has appeared…
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Alisan Porter – “PORTER”: Ten Commandments of Midlife
Five years of silence, ten tracks – and one damn precise question: what do you do when you’ve finally become the “adult” you’ve been walking toward for so long? For Alisan Porter, it’s especially fitting. Child star of “Curly Sue,” Broadway actress, singer, songwriter, winner of the tenth season of The Voice – behind this…
