CAN

Eclectic band at the forefront of the Krautrock movement, combining avant-garde tendencies with rock trappings and funk-inflected rhythms. “Can is a chameleon of a band. Seriously. There are so many moving parts to their music and on each of their classic albums, they always seem to be wearing a different mask. I mean, what is…

Album of the Month – April 2020

For Their Love by Other Lives “The best art gets into your head, transporting you to another place and time. That’s true of movies, photographs, paintings and of course music. Other Lives has always strived to do just that. On this, the Oklahoma band’s first release in five years (and fourth overall) since 2009’s debut,…

Album of the Month – March 2020

It’s Only Us by Monophonics “Well into their second decade with four albums in the rearview, Monophonics tighten their alliance with Ohio’s Colemine Records, the dusty soul specialists who have issued some of their singles, for It’s Only Us. Recorded at their Transistor Sound Studio home base, this is a little trippier and looser than the preceding Sound of…

Album of the Month – February 2020

Disco Volador by The Orielles “The Orielles‘ first album, Silver Dollar Moment, was nothing short of astonishing as a group of British teens made the best album of the ’90s a couple decades too late, full of loose, baggy dance grooves, breathtaking melodies, cheerfully innocent vocals, and instrumental prowess that belied their collective youth, the album…