by Erin Thursby Album: Bouquet Artist: Caravan of ThievesLabel: NoneRelease Date: November 2008 The music of Bouquet from Caravan of Thieves will catch hold of your soul, it’s languidly frantic, with sensuous backbone to it and something just a little sick hiding behind it all. It proves that acoustic doesn’t

by Jack Diablo Album: The Hazards of LoveArtist: The DecemberistsLabel: CapitolRelease Date: March Colin Meloy and his gang of Portland, OR based troubadours, The Decemberists, are among a handful of bands who refuse to write songs destined for the shuffle and humbly cling to the album concept. Their latest creation,

by madeleine peck “Call me Money, ’cause I always got mine. Call me Lover, ‘cause I take my time” – Ben Prestage, a one-man-band It is somewhat incongruous, in these technology-defined times, to stand outside a juke joint discussing the musical merits of the diddly-bo versus the cigar-box guitar. But,

by erin thursby Seems like everyone is into vinyl, vintage and otherwise. Some modern artists are even cutting their stuff on the old recording medium. Like a phoenix, Vinyl Frontier has been resurrected, rising from the ashes to form anew in a slightly different location, under a new name—Weird Wax