VINYL FORMAT. M. Ward's third album places him in the forefront of a modern movement that is clearly progressive while simultaneously sounding regressive, manifesting a genius that is pure and untempered. His music defies description except to say it is coming from somewhere steeped in early blues with a Neil Young overlay and the feel of country, blues, pop, and folk. People point to Tom Waits and others as Ward's forbearers, but the muse here is genuinely unique and the sounds are those that only a buddi...   [ read more ]

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"A is for Angus whose riffs are a hit / He's a grown man in a schoolboy outfit" So begins M Is for Metal, an irreverent kids' book that's not just for kids. Imagine Dr. Seuss crossed with Spinal Tap and The Simpsons and you're in the ballpark. Appealing to children's sense of the absurd, plus tickling grown-ups' funny bones with in-jokes about rock stars and their foibles, M Is for Metal is one of those books where parents and kids can look at the same page together and both laugh, but not necessarily a...   [ read more ]

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VINYL FORMAT. Beast of Seasons opens with a hum and drone, a veil of fog conjuring a sense of atmosphere not unlike the Pacific Northwest coastal timber town where Laura Gibson was raised. A plaintive strum emerges with a voice in tow; a candle, a tender and flickering wisp of a voice suffusing the space with a warm glow. This voice, registering as little more than a whisper, rises above the subtle and evocative instrumentation with uncommon intimacy. Coos and cracks, chirps and slurs, clucks and purrs all...   [ read more ]

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