Preview: The Boy Least Likely To/Schubas
RECOMMENDED Whenever a record with cartoon animals on the cover starts with a song called “Be Gentle With Me,” you usually know what you’re in store for. Chamber pop to the extreme, The Boy Least...
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View ArticlePreview: May or May Not/Hideout
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View ArticleSpread the Word: The Scotland Yard Gospel Choir sings a new Chicago sound
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RECOMMENDED Sweden’s answer to New York’s Stephin Merritt, Lekman has three full-length collections under his belt, most recently releasing “Night Falls Over Kortedala” in September. The melancholy yet...
View ArticlePreview: Cloud Cult
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RECOMMENDED Clinic’s new record, demandingly titled “Do It!” (Domino), scares me shitless. This isn’t an acid trip, this is an acid parade. Balancing songs that range from orchestral pop to acoustic...
View ArticleSoundcheck: Clare and the Reasons
Clare Manchon and her group, The Reasons, play an upbeat chamber pop that works its way to curling up the corners of your mouth, coaxing you into a blissful smile. Raised on classic black American...
View ArticlePreview: Singing in the Abbey/PianoForte’s Studio 825
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View ArticleStorage Cabinet: Jacco Gardner’s Age of Discovery
By Dave Cantor Camped out at the Shadow Shoppe, a recording studio doubling as a residence in an industrial area near Amsterdam, Jacco Gardner’s been burrowing into an insular universe. It’s a place...
View ArticleSabers Unsheathed: Life after The M’s with Josh Chicoine
By Kenneth Preski The album opens with its own thing, like if Britpop could boogie. Coming from Josh Chicoine, current artistic director and co-founder of CIMMfest, the music is a natural extension of...
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