Author: Amy

Album Review: Sarah Rabdau and the Self-Employed Assassins

Album Name: Sarah Rabdau and the Self-Employed Assassins Artist: Sarah Rabdau and the Self-Employed Assassins Year/Label: 2008 / Independent [Buy at Amazon] Review by Anna Maria Stjärnell Sarah Rabdau’s previous record was more electronically influenced than her follow-up. She’s found…

Album Review: Pages in My Diary by Margot Blanche

Album Name: Pages in My Diary Artist: Margot Blanche Year/Label: 2009 / Oriole Entertainment [Buy at her site (download)] Review by Anna Maria Stjarnell Margot Blanche has a sultry vocal style that perfectly suits her music, which mixes new and…

Emily White Upcoming Shows

The photo was taken at Folk Alliance (which I am so bummed to have missed!) UPCOMING SHOWS: Sunday, March 1st, 2009 7:00pm Mansion 462 462 W. Franklin St. Chapel Hill, NC Price: $5 With: Mara Levi and Nancy Eddy Monday,…

Athena Reich news

Athena Reich has a new website and some shows coming up. [Check out her new site] [Get the new CD] [Listen to track samples] You can also hear the songs on her site. I’m listening right now and it sounds…

Listen to New Neko Case!

NPR (bless ’em) is streaming Neko Case’s new record, Cyclone [Check it out] I’m listening right now. Love it. Holy Moses, it’s only $7.99 at Amazon!

New Rebecca Pronsky EP available

Rebecca Pronsky’s new EP The Best Game in Town is now available online via Nine Mile Records. It won’t be on digital music retailers for another month or so, but you can get your own real-life physical copy in the…

Discovery: Meet Lynhurst

Minneapolis artists formerly known as The Abdomen have returned from a 2 months residency in L.A. Upon their return they changed the band name to “LYNHURST” after the neighborhood park at which they spent many childhood days. Armed with a…

Album Review: Somniloquy by The Endless

Album Name: Somniloquy Artist: The Endless Year/Label: 2009 / Queen of the Moon Music [Buy at Amazon] [Download at Amazon] Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds The band’s description of this record could not be any more my…