Reviews
- Jason Molina
Eight Gates
The late songwriter recorded the unreleased Eight Gates in the ’00s. The posthumous version sounds by turns haunting and unfinished.
- Gillian Welch
Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs, Vol. 1
Quickly recorded in 2002 to fulfill a publishing contract, this archival trove cements the singer-songwriter and her steadfast partner, David Rawlings, as modern masters of American folk.
- Ellen Fullman
- Theresa Wong
Harbors
Ellen Fullman’s imposing Long String Instrument and Theresa Wong’s cello create harmonically complex chord clusters that seem to place you within the belly of the composition itself.
- Double Grave
Goodbye, Nowhere!
The Minnesota trio’s forlorn second album holds up alongside distorted post-shoegaze classics but stays true to its chilly slowcore roots.
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