Recent Spins August 18th

Arcade Fire  “Wait” “Oh Orpheus”     JJ “Inner Light” “Hold Me” “Be Here Now” “Still” “Things Will Never Be the Same Again” “Golden Virginia”     Strand...

Autumnal Notes on Newest Bear in Heaven

  Bear in Heaven slip into Time Is Over One Day Old this August with the timely track “Autumn” as though in anticipation of that twilit, in-between season. Forget sun-soaked summer records — the group’s most recent offering is all over that ethereal, half-light...

Alvvays Rock Some Sweet Summer Sounds

Summer is more than half over, but that doesn’t mean there’s no time to discover a fitting summer soundtrack. For next year maybe. Or to round off this one before autumn and winter set in. Either way, Canadian indie rock band Alvvays will still sound good, even in...

Wye Oak: Album of the Week on Treblezine

The new Wye Oak is perfect! Here’s a teaser from my review over at Treblezine: “Tracks like ‘Before,’ ‘Shriek,’ and ‘Sick Talk’ effervesce in pleasant waves of synths and drum loops. Wasner’s vocals carry sunlight and...

Brilliant Musical Landscapes: S. Carey — Range of Light

  One spin from S. Carey’s new offering, Range of Light, and a complex, layered, work of art unfolds that meanders somewhere between shadow and sun. Christened after John Muir’s name for the Sierra Nevada mountain range, Carey’s second album pulls off “sophomore...