Alt Your Country Are Belong to Us
February-April is Spring release season, and there’s always more than I can cover as a single man. However, I can mitigate this partially through mixtapes! Today I’ve got a folk/country one; tomorrow I...
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Dear Blanca's alt-country impresses and surprises … with saxophone
The saxophone is an oft-maligned instrument in indie rock that recently received some out-of-nowhere street cred by being the thing that Colin Stetson chose to blow minds with and the centerpiece of...
View ArticleCultures, video
James Younger’s video for “Monday Morning” is a tribute to VHS culture in the ’80s and early ’90s. As a kid who grew up in that era, I am all about this, from the goofy subtitles to the white noise...
View ArticleNo news is … laziness and/or procrastination
I’m really behind on news, so all the things I had expired. Here’s the two pieces of info I acquired recently that should be of interest. Dear Blanca’s Talker, which I stated has “clever arrangements...
View ArticleTop 10 Albums of the Year
The album is not endangered, but it certainly hasn’t been as interesting to me as EPs this year. That’s not because people aren’t making good albums, but because people have been seriously upping their...
View ArticleMP3 Catchup, pt 1: Fun in the Sun
I’ve been behind on MP3s and videos, so there’s going to be a lot of them posted in the next few days in addition to album reviews. I’m breaking my “one post a day” rule, but I’ll get back there...
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Wherein I Remember That I Mostly Listen to Music With Acoustic Guitars In It 1. “So, what exactly does it say?” – The Weather Machine. I loved Joe Pug’s first record lyrically, and I love Passenger’s...
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Dear Blanca / Koria Kitten Riot / Bishop Allen
The mix of an album can tell you a lot about the priorities of its creators. Dylan Dickerson’s frantic, fractured voice is cranked about as high in the mix of Dear Blanca‘s Pobrecito as possible,...
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