By - Jackie Lo Recommended if you like; Elliott Smith, Duster, Big Thief, Crumb, Broadcast, and Nick Drake While scrolling through new album releases last week, I came across Elliott Fullam’s End of Ways, listened to a few seconds, and had to stop scrolling. Dark, haunting, and lush vocals on top of gorgeous guitar picking piqued my interest and I knew I needed to give the whole album a listen. There […]

By - Kristi Houk Recommended if you like: Throwing Muses, Bully, Liz Phair I’ve never understood why Confessional poetry gets a bad rap. According to the Poetry Foundation, Confessional poets wrote in direct, colloquial speech rhythms and used images that reflected intense psychological experiences, often culled from childhood or battles with mental illness or breakdown. Maybe it’s all that navel gazing? My take as a writer has always been to […]

By - Jason Hamric   Slowdive, the iconic British shoegaze pioneers that has graced our ears for over thirty years, return with "Everything is Alive," a an amazing album that reaffirms their place in the house of dream-pop and shoegaze legends. With a history of genre-defining releases coupled with a long break that only seemed to amplify their cult status, this album is nothing short of a welcomed revelation. Slowdive […]

By - James P. Fahy You’re familiar with Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, right? The Beatles album? It’s kind of a big deal. Musically, of course, but also in terms of design: The cover art -- which features a pantheon of pop culture greats (circa 1967) -- has proven itself to be as iconic as the music itself, conjuring countless imitators and parodies.  I have no idea how avowed […]