Zapruder Point, “Buildings vs People EP”
I first heard Zapruder Point’s (Chicagoan Dan Phillips) music earlier this year, whenever he opened for Whitehorse (Canadian duo Luke Doucet and Melissa McClelland). Â I am generally a fan of the whole guy-with-guitar thing, and even more a fan of the local-guy-with-guitar thing, so I was pleased. Â (I’m also a fan of interesting covers, so […]
Beth Jeans Houghton & The Hooves of Destiny, “Yours Truly, Cellophane Nose”
There’s something uniquely British-sounding about Yours Truly, Cellophane Nose.  It’s unsurprising, then, that she’s opened for many top Brit acts lately, as her music fits in with the rest of the folk revivalists, though there’s more of an edge to her music than you’d expect.  There’s whimsy in Beth Jeans Houghton’s airy soprano, but there’s also […]
Yellow Ostrich, “Strange Land”
Wisconsin-born, New York-based indie rock trio Yellow Ostrich return with their follow-up to their 2011 debut album.  The band’s sound and even its lineup has expanded since the debut.  As frontman Alex Schaaf says, the first album “was a guy in a bedroom.  Strange Land is a band.”  And he’s right about that; aside from the […]
Damien Jurado, “Maraqopa”
Damien Jurado teams up once again with producer Richard Swift for his seventh album on Secretly Canadian. Â Maraqopa is a vast, sprawling record, with the tracks veering wildly through different sounds and styles. Â Normally, this wouldn’t work, but Jurado and Swift still manage to make Maraqopa sound like a cohesive album, even if it does […]
First Aid Kit, “The Lion’s Roar”
Swedish sisters Klara and Johanna Söderberg return with their second full-length album, a collection of simple indie-folk songs which feature their well-matched vocals above all else. Beyond the lyrics and the songwriting — none of the lyrics are particularly groundbreaking — their voices are the real draw on this album. They’ve been previously compared to […]
A Tribe Called Red, “A Tribe Called Red”
By Mel on March 31, 2012
This week we lost Earl Scruggs, Adrienne Rich, and Harry Crews. I’ve been feeling pretty low. But the best thing to happen to me this week was seeing this post over at Native Appropriations about A Tribe Called Red, a DJ collective out of Ottawa. Here’s how they describe themselves: In 2008, DJ’s NDN and […]
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