more by Christopher John Treacy
[PUNK] Whether or not bands that consider themselves to be punk should engage in making unplugged music is debatable.
[COUNTRY] The Sadies have maintained a steady presence through twenty-five years of alt-country shape-shifting, allowing to the genre to morph and gather moss around them.
[ROCK] The musical trajectory of Chicago’s Cave has taken on an increasing amount of groove over the years, and the latest chapter, Allways, out this October on Drag City, is no exception.
[COUNTRY] Cody Jinks isn’t cut out for country’s mainstream… hopefully he’ll continue to avoid the production pitfalls that have come to characterize it over the last decade.
[POP] Enigmatic Brit Steve Wilson, perhaps best known as the central figure in Porcupine Tree, is on tour this year supporting his fifth solo disc, To The Bone, also his debut for Caroline International, which dropped in 2017.
[ROCK] Formed in 1991, Lowest of the Low is considered a seminal force in the 1990’s Canadian alterna-canon, and the edgy jangle-rock of the band’s debut, Shakespeare My Butt, gained near-universal critical accolades while generating quite a bit of radio airplay.
[INDIE] After a tenure with “mini-major” label ANTI- (Neko Case, Nick Cave), William Elliott Whitmore just released his new Kilonova on Bloodshot Records — a better reflection, perhaps, of the humble beginnings that have often been the topic of his songwriting.
[AMERICANA] As a genre, Americana has become somewhat of a catchall: if it twangs but lacks that gahd-awful mainstream country polish, we’re calling it Americana.