Two Breathtaking Nights with Sufjan Stevens at Bass Concert Hall
Sufjan Stevens has always written songs dense with mythological and personal points of reference; emotions and sentiments bubble perceptibly on the surface, but truly understanding them takes consideration and scrutiny. While this remains so on…
Sufjan Stevens Shares “No Shade in the Shadow of the Cross” from new LP
I’m always a little impressed when the internet so rapidly comments upon a song that has just been released. Of course, many of us know what we like when we hear it, but I…
Castanets Return with Excellent New Song, “Out For The West”
The early 200os rise of indie folk shaped what music I fell in love with during my formative years of discovering independent music. Among those artists was Raymond Raposa’s project Castanets. I listened to…
New Track: Helado Negro – “Junes”
We loved “Dance Ghost,” the first track released from Helado Negro’s forthcoming LP, Invisible Life, and we’re excited to report that a new song from the album has emerged. Roberto Lange’s vocals begin crisply…
New Track: “200 Words” – Fol Chen
Asthmatic Kitty seems to do everything from the bluesy folk of Shannon Stephens to the off kilter dance of Helado Negro. The new track from Fol Chen aligns more closely with the latter;…
New Track: “To Look Over the Ground” – Raymond Byron
Raymond Byron is Castanets frontman Ray Raposa’s spinoff project. The project produced an LP under the moniker Raymond Byron and the White Freighter on the Asthmatic Kitty imprint last year. Now, a new…
