Beginning with their 1994 debut, I Could Live in Hope, indie band Low has been going against the grain, slowing down their rhythms to a hypnotic haze, escaping the noise of modern life into quiet whispers of harmonic beauty in the voices of married couple Mimi Parker and Alan Sparhawk, which struggled to surface amid…
On the warm and lovely Lightsleeper, father and son Neil & Liam Finn collaborate in a dreamy song cycle that celebrates the family connections and the ties that bind our lives to one another. Neil Finn, of course, has had a remarkable career that continues to evolve. The 60-year-old New Zealand native joined his brother…
David Byrne’s new release came along with the promise of a tour hyped as his most ambitious tour since the Talking Heads’ tour that was filmed for the live concert movie, Stop Making Sense. In fact, a CD of this new release was given to every ticket buyer. Advertised as Byrne’s first solo album in…
On their 25th studio album, The Church maintains the sense of revitalization that developed from the band’s 2014 release, Further/Deeper. Longtime Church fans universally recognize the band’s breakthrough radio single, “Under the Milky Way” from 1988’s Starfish, but from there the band’s strongest efforts are up for debate. I’m prone to the early 90’s albums…
