Witness: the greatly-anticipated “ambient pedal steel” album from Chuck Johnson. Due June 2 via VDSQ, Balsams is the follow-up to last year’s Velvet Arc, a record we praised for its “widescreen vision of Americana” and “shimmering electric guitar blending […]
Month: May 2017
Wooden Wand :: Clipper Ship
James Jackson Toth (AKA Wooden Wand ) gets plenty of praise for his eccentrically evocative lyrics. But on Clipper Ship, his latest album for the mighty Three Lobed Records , it’s the sound that draws you in. Toth has gathered […]
Oister :: Pre-Dwight Twilley Band (1973-74)
Before the Dwight Twilley Band, there was Oister. Featuring Twilley and his musical partner Phil Seymour, the duo was a precursor to the Twilley Band, the outfit in which the two young Tulsa musicians cut […]
Robyn Hitchcock :: S/T
After nearly four decades of consistently inspired/inspiring songwriting, Robyn Hitchcock has very little left to prove. But happily, he sounds absolutely energized on his new self-titled LP, his 21st solo album. It’s his most electric […]