Jan 20, 2016 | Album Review
Eliot Sumner Album Review: Information After a slow tinkling of keys, the atmospheric brooding of album opener “Dead Arms and Dead Legs” from Eliot Sumner’s full length Information sweeps like a dire warning. “All my fears become alive” she...
Jan 18, 2016 | Album Review, Concert Preview
The Spider Ferns EP Review: Safety There’s a lot of love in my ears right now. On the heels of their 25th wedding anniversary, local duo Alton and Kelly Fleek of The Spider Ferns are releasing Safety, a five-song EP follow up to 2015’s full length Soon Enough. Having...
Dec 20, 2015 | Album Review
Strange Faces Album Review: Stonerism Young Chicago band Strange Faces has produced a debut album, Stonerism, that draped a thin plastic sheet over my eyes, a lo-fi filter through which I saw their garage-punk world. The four-person band started as a solo 2013 project...
Dec 3, 2015 | Album Review
Aura Ruddell Album Review: Ichigo Ichie Aura Ruddell’s debut album Ichigo Ichie is a journey. Translated from Japanese to one encounter, one opportunity, this album illustrates a wondrous path through different scenes of Ruddell’s life, weaving an auditory...
Nov 15, 2015 | Album Review, Concert Preview
Amy Viking Album Review: Opener Delicate guitar leads and harmonies hover over the stereo field, while lush vocals play hide and seek amid a solid bass, relied on like a trustworthy friend. Amy Viking’s 11-track album, Opener, captures a familiar essence of the...
Feb 3, 2015 | Album Review, Concert Preview
Milo Greene Album Review: Control Somewhere between their debut self-titled album and their recently released sophomore effort Control, Los Angeles’ Milo Greene found just that: a not-so-clear evolution of their folksy indie pop into a controlled, synth-heavy,...
