Leonard Cohen’s Suzanne et al
Leonard Cohen, the solo performer, was revered as a writer more than a performer. This makes sense as his greatest […]
Goodbye to The Fall’s Mark E Smith
In 1988, as a kid with a fresh CD of “I Am Kurious Oranj,” I was not the toast of
14 Years of Heartbeats
The Knife’s “Heartbeats” is 15 years old now. Not soon after its release, fellow Swedish musician José González released an acoustic
Mike Skinner, The Streets and Norwegian Death Metal
1999 Norwegian death metal band, Bloodthorn releases the epic (and I am not being facetious) The Brighter the Light, The Darker the
We Were Promised Jetpacks – Unravelling
Scotland is a hell of place if you love music (and whiskey) without pretense. So many artists, so many radically different
Perfume Genius – Put Your Back N 2 It
It’s been five years since Seattle’s Mike Hadreas released his first record on Matador. A beautiful, low-fi affair, it was the