Debut album by the young L.A. based singer/songwriter Phoebe Bridgers who was "discovered" by Ryan Adams a few years back. Moody indie rock that reminds us a lot of Eliott Smith & CAT POWER.

Brijean is a member of the TORO Y MOI live band & "Feelings" is a collaboration between her & Doug Stuart. Chilled-out pop with hints of lounge, space-age pop ala STEREOLAB & BROADCAST & even some 60s soft pop.

This first solo album, of sorts, from DOUG MCCOMBS of TORTOISE & ELEVENTH dream day, is far unlike any of the other TORTOISE side projects that have come out in the past years. Brilliantly unstated and subtle, it seems to point more toward the soundtrack quality of the first TORTOISE record than it does the more recent Jazz dabblings of it's predecessors. Mostly dominated by bass, these are quiet, moody pieces accented by stray flying horns, soft guitar picking, distant & hollow winds & soft drum accents. This record focuses on simple sounds that are woven into complexities & interpreted wholy & personally through an obvious & appreciated vision. Imagine the soundtrack to PARIS, TEXAS by RY COODER mixed with the first AERIAL-M record and you come a close second to this masterpiece.

A nice little surprise to close out the shitty year that is/was 2020, the first collab by these three artists since the 2011 "Ego/Mirror" EP. "Her Revolution" is a beautiful slow tempo tune with what sounds like a repeating sitar sample, some warm synths & falsetto vox from Thom. "His Rope" sounds like a minimal techno song at half speed & would fit nicely on a Thom Yorke solo record. RECOMMENDED.

2/3 of TEAM DRESCH are back as THE BUTCHIES. Their 3rd release is chock full of nine classic rock riff influenced pop songs.

This is CIBO MATTO with RUSSELL SIMINS of the BLUES EXPLOSION and special guest SEAN LENNON. On Grand Royal.

Out of Print Touch & Go Original Edition

Expectations for high-profile collaborations like this are rarely met (see 'Lulu' though we admit some people on our staff like that one) but we have to say that this one does work. The singers mostly sing solo except for backing each other up with harmonies. The first thing that came to mind while listening to this was Kate Bush & Peter Gabriel's 80's teamwork & maybe even a little B-52s. There's a lot of horns on the record sounding like everything from chamber music to BJORK or even some of Philip Glass' soundtrack work. The album supposedly took 3 years to complete & it sounds like it was worth the effort to us.