The two typical outlets for year-end musical taste determinations are Grammy nominees and the deluge of music publications’ year-end rankings that confront equally list-happy readers. December...
“Alt-Country” is a spurious label we give to music that, I guess, sounds like country music but weirder, or more lo-fi, or made by someone signed to Saddle...
t’s clear that, for whatever reason, Avey Tare (née David Portner) has a thing for alligators. Alligators are everywhere—on his website, on the cover of his new...
Why does Jesca Hoop sing with a Scottish lilt on the opening track of her latest LP, Hunting My Dress? Because she feels like it. The joy of...