Album Review: Kramies delivers bewitching melancholy on debut album

Singer-songwriter Kramies drops his new, self-titled album, an eight-track collection of dreamy soundscapes and storybook lyricism. An array of talented guests appears on the album, including Patrick Carney of The Black Keys, Jason Lytle of Grandaddy, Tyler Ramsey of Band…

‘Under Cover’ review: Valerie June releases a delightful EP covering classics

If you aren’t privy to Valerie June, she is an extremely well-rounded musician who seamlessly blends folksy charm with down-to-earth blues. The Tennessee native is a poet at heart, and has been releasing music since 2006 with a Grammy nomination…

Album Review: Diane Coffee releases ‘With People’

Loneliness often feels like missing out on the finer parts of the human experience. In the end, the love that we share between each other is what makes our turbulent existence worth it. Diane Coffee, a tantalizing indie musician signed…

Album Review: J. Nicolás – ‘Wild Oak’

Portland folk/Americana artist J. Nicolás recently released his debut album, Wild Oak, written while driving. The album was engineered and mixed by Tobias Berblinger and mastered by Amy Dragon at Telegraph Mastering. According to Nicolás, “There’s a lot of healing…

From the Record Crate: Bon Iver – ‘For Emma, Forever Ago’ (2007)

Bon Iver is a legend of the unknown, and a relatively unknown legend. In 2006/07, Justin Vernon went into the forested wilderness of Midwest America and came back with an album so chilling, melancholy, and soberingly lonesome that it would…

Album Review: Fleet Foxes Emerge Reinvigorated on “Shore”

At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Fleet Foxes’ leader Robin Pecknold was experiencing a creative standstill. Fragments of a new Fleet Foxes project were being labored on, but there were no vocals or lyrics. “I wasn’t being creative at…