For an artist like Mac McCaughan, the answer lies in experimentation – testing his voice in a different light, deconstructing it, sometimes relegating it elsewhere or removing it altogether as the piece dictates.
Dave Keuning is back with his second solo album – a mix of dynamic guitar riffs, 80s synth-pop and melodic alt-rock.
The character of the recordings are informed with warm fuzz and intimate room sounds. The songs are short blasts of psychedelic chill, a rummage around an alien radio dial.
From deep emotional melodies to freak out jams, folk-pop ballads to synth rock ‘n’ roll epics, along with his hand drawn artwork and animated music videos, Paul Jacobs truly creates a world of his own.
The new solo album, ‘Reason to Live’ from the legendary Lou Barlow, is shambolic and grand yet intimate and doting, warmly acoustic and crackling with grit.
For this new LP, Greg Cartwright has reunited with Reigning Sound’s original ‘Memphis line-up’. Another welcome dose of garage rock and Memphis soul.
Prolific and enigmatic as ever, Alec Ounsworth’s recent works marry the quirky, left-field spirit of the early years with a well-earned confidence, and grander sense of scale and ambition. After nearly two decades, Ounsworth remains one of music’s most distinctive voices.
“I am tempted to say it is the band’s best record, except Garcia Peoples are too restless to settle for plateaus. Just do as the title says. Raise a glass at your wit’s end, and let the music blow away the night.” David Fricke
‘Creation Myth’s makes subtle nods to Americana and spooky, blissed-out folk, but never lights for too long on any one spot.
‘Blonde On The Tracks’ (produced by Wilco’s Patrick Sansone) is Emma’s ‘reimagining’ of some of her favourite Bob Dylan songs.