To be fair, it seemed pretty odd to me, too – the sight of her in my parent’s house, standing there in fur boots and a husky winter coat, conversing with my mom in the kitchen, her brown hair wagging…
Transitions are messy, difficult things – decayed and overgrown bridges secured only to our faith and loose threads. They are our hope that the rickety board the camera captures won’t dramatically give in a frugal twist of fate.
I know how this title sounds. But, no, this isn’t an ennobling plea for you to boycott the music industry – we know they’re funding the Third World War in Africa already – or some commentary about how music and…
[Note: The name of this category is painfully apt and almost inappropriate, given the recent death of Songs: Ohia bandleader, Jason Molina. For that, I apologize.] I feel like a fair amount of college kids go through an alt-country phase….
If life is a journey, then a period in the past, when properly considered, is a single moment on the road. It’s the windows down at a certain angle, traffic flowing at a steady rate, your friend kicking back and…
Do not make the mistake of brushing her off as some “PJ Harvey” and decide you’ve heard it before. You haven’t. Anna Calvi is a force. From her red lip stick to her slide guitar, this babe is sultry. She’s…