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“I’ve been driving through the darkness…through the smoke and fire on the ground”

Lingering at the remains of a campfire before dawn, with the politics of the personal burnt into ash, running his stick through what’s left, Wand singer/guitarist Cory Hanson is reflecting on moments of stepping further into himself, finding the ultimate big sky country on the inside of his skull. It’s a combination of songs and sounds that journey through bleak and broken territory and places of sweet, lush remove and it adds... (read more)

An apparition you can’t explain is cutting through the viscous mist in your brain. The contents of your pockets are suddenly unfamiliar. That sound again -

This year of super wolf moon brought A Visitation and the message, “You’ll Get Eaten, Too.” Now, in the earthly chaos of total celestial blackout, one body containing two galaxies is once more among us...

This is no miscount – this is the bestial duo, the two headed dawg, the Superwolves:  Matt Sweeney... (read more)

Nearly eight months into our collective isolation without a real gig in sight, what're ya gonna do? Dope Body have taken the relentless planning and prepping out of the equation in favor of a straight dopamine shot to the hypothalamus, in the form of the new video for "Known Unknown" depicting the communal energy of live Dope Body - shelter in place be damned!
 

The catharsis-inducing Crack A Light album closer gets a video treatment (courtesy of Dope collaborator Theo... (read more)

Just when you thought every loner folk genius had been outed/discovered, hyped, and pontificated about, a new/old challenger lurks in the murky depths of time...and Maine. Sure, you have your Skip Spences, Dave Bixbys, Stone Harbours, and Perry Leopolds already, but have you heard the lonesome sound of Bill Stone?

Well, don't feel too uncool, hardly anyone has--unless you lived in rural Maine in the early 70s and grabbed his barely-ever seen LP in the day. Titled simply Stone, Bill's mysterious album... (read more)

Stateless is an improvised guitar music record that's about more than just playing your way into somewhere new. It invites we the people to perceive the hair-raising truth: these are free pieces in more ways than one. Tashi's playing opens doors through which we can view the helplessness, confusion, rage and resolve of immigrant life in America today.
 

"Now, Part I" is guitar in space, orbiting our planet - the laser is not pointed outward, but back towards... (read more)

Round two from the dust-strewn cassettes in ye old Sic Alps archives, this time drawn from the latter stages of their comet-like trajectory. Sketches for material that landed on Napa Asylum, Sic Alps, the "She's on Top" EP, and assorted singles is all included here. The enigmatic smile through which the Alps songs are crooned, that key - levity - is oft swapped for brevity here, in the name of getting the thoughts down.  
 

But even... (read more)

As the story goes, in early 1976 Virgin released “Johnny’s Dead” as a single, and OUT went into production: test tapes were made, artwork commissioned from Hipgnosis was delivered. Then fate took a turn in the form of a sudden changing of the guard in the Virgin front office and just like that, the plan was off. But that was nearly 45 years ago!

“Johnny’s Dead” was the world’s first introduction to Anthony Moore’s pop music solo persona and it remains as one of... (read more)

Better late than never, Edith Frost enters the 2020 race!  This new song puts her elliptical torch song phrases to political ends with breezy lightness, focusing on the positive action of refusal: "Make up a little sign....though you hate the argument, put yourself on the line". 
"Little Sign" was recorded in spring 2020, produced at The Loft - Chicago by Mark Greenberg, featuring Sima Cunningham and Rian Murphy as witness for the proceduction.

Edith says: 
I wanted to make a song about how much... (read more)

Reach out from your isolation! Reach for the sound of others. That's what Circuit des Yeux is asking of us. Until now, her sound world has been defined by relentless expansion. Reaching For Indigo and Reaching For Indigo : GAIA INFINITUS served notice: Haley Fohr is deploying her four-octave voice with an ever-emboldened focus into an epic landscape of music, desiring to travel ever further into a country of her own making.  

In isolation, however, she has found herself reaching for the sound of others - and... (read more)

Saturday, October 17 (yes, tomorrow) will mark the long-promised return to the live arena for Jackie Lynn, when they stage a virtual concert at Chicago community staple, The Hideout! This is the album release party for the extremely powerful record,  Jacqueline (available now), which has sent tracks like "Shugar Water", "Odessa" and "Dream Street" spinning into the twilight of glittering dancefloors, roadside stops and bedrooms alike all around the globe.  Jackie Lynn is calling to you: tear off your mask and become another person for a... (read more)