Review: Raphael Weinroth-Browne – "Worlds Within"
Reconsideration, at least in this writer’s case, has been very kind to Raphael Weinroth-Browne. I was introduced last year to the Canadian cellist and post-classical composer by way of Worlds…
Review: Le Petite Mort – "Disco"
The name of the song is “A Piano In The Basement” and, though it closes the 13-track record, it’s the best point where you can enter Disco, the new LP…
Review: House & Hawk – "Pure Emotion" EP
I still harbor conflicted emotions about Mick Jagger Solo Album, the A-for-effort 2016 LP of synthetic pop from House & Hawk. At times inventive and at times oddly polished, the…
Review: Rob Ford Explorer – "Buh Bye"
The reference points behind Rob Ford Explorer’s name ain’t aging that well. Yes yes, Ford in its capitalist wisdom has released a 2020 Explorer – the large print giveth and…
Review: Wayne Everett – “Two Ghosts”
As Wayne Everett fans already know, his gentler solo music is miles away from The Prayer Chain’s alt.rock aggression. Exhibit A: “The Smallest Earthquake,” from his lovely new Two Ghosts…
Review: Adam Fitz – "Can't Pardon Me"
There might be no better way to end 2019, this dog-eared novella of a year, and start the wondrous new Twenties than with ruminations on regret, redemption and hope. So,…
MusicTAP Top 4 Albums of 2019
Real talk now, folks. You’re going to read a lot of year-end/decade-end listicles this week. People love these kinds of lists, but there’s a fatal flaw to most of them:…
Review: Paranoid Void – "02"
Wow! Just wow. The new Paranoid Void EP – which hides behind the dubiously simple title of 02, out online this week – will knock you right off your feet…
Review: The Glad Husbands – "Safe Places"
Everything that’s muddy-minded about Safe Places – the new LP from Italian mathcore trio The Glad Husbands, out four days ago on CD and digital via Vollmer Industries – is…
Review: Erik Della Penna – "New York Songs"
It’s been a decade since New York City antique-garde duo Kill Henry Sugar – they of “cinematic gravitas,” quoth the Village Voice — released the beautific folk collection Hot Messiah.…
Review: Wet Fruit – S/T
The songs just skitter away in a delightful pop of Roman candles on Wet Fruit’s self-titled, debut LP, out last week on digital and cassette via Seattle’s Halfshell Records, each…
CHRISTMAS SPECIAL – ALBUM REVIEW: THE MONKEES, "Christmas Party"
Initially released in October, 2018, The Monkees’ first/only “official” Christmas collection is (essentially) a warm continuation of the work they’d begun with 2015’s incredible return, Good Times, except this time…