Brian Howe
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Joe Westerlund: Elegies for the Drift Album Review
The former Megafaun drummer uses a resonant, melodic palette of gamelan, thumb piano, and metallophones to achieve gemlike tones and ambient atmospheres. → Read More
The Veldt’s References May Be Classic and Global, but These Are True American Originals
"Entropy Is the Mainline to God," The Veldt’s first full-length album in seven years, released on January 27. → Read More
SUSS: SUSS Album Review
Neither rawboned nor ramshackle, the New York group’s elegantly composed brand of ambient country stands as tall and clean as a brand-new pair of cowboy boots. → Read More
A Mere Quarter Century After He Started, Paul Finn Debuts Evening Pines
Evening Pines’ debut album comes out this month, with a release show scheduled for January 20 at Local 506. → Read More
The Kingsbury Manx Bring It All Back Home
With a reunion and a reissue, the reunited Kingsbury Manx revisits the perfect naïveté of its classic debut as a seasoned band. → Read More
Mimi Luse Takes an Exhilarating Turn to Industrial Techno as Permanent
“I have always felt deeply moved by music,” Luse says. “But when I finally started making it myself, it brought about a sense of cohesion I had never experienced before." → Read More
Sigur Rós: ( ) 20th Anniversary Edition Album Review
The Icelandic group celebrates the 20th anniversary of its third album with an expanded edition. Sung entirely in the made-up language of Hopelandic, it sounds as sumptuous and suggestive as ever. → Read More
Treee City’s Full Length Debut, "Good Job," Has a Vivid Emotional Center
The album's title is literal and too modest: Treee has been putting in work. → Read More
Raising a Toast to 21 Years of the Orange County Social Club
From the rhythm of her own nightlife, Tricia Mesigian had identified a need for a “middle-night” place. No shows, no food, no frills—just cheap beer, stiff highballs, and a clean, cozy place to meet and talk. → Read More
Whitney: SPARK Album Review
The Chicago duo’s inert new album has a gorgeous sound, but it comes at the cost of depth and spontaneity. → Read More
Johnny Gandelsman: This Is America Album Review
On an ambitious three-disc project, the violinist collaborates with a wide array of bright, younger composers, crystallizing a new vision for American classical music. → Read More
Florence Dore’s Parallel Lives in Southern Literature and American Rock Curve Together in New Album 'Highways & Rocketships'
"People talk about songwriting in mystical terms for a reason. It does sometimes feel like you have to ready yourself to be visited." → Read More
CALAPSE’s Sophisticated, Emotional Fourth EP Is Its Best Yet
These eight tracks contain a lengthier, weightier emotional journey than 20-some minutes should be able to contain. → Read More
!!! (Chk Chk Chk): Let It Be Blue
!!! were always a ray of California sunshine piercing the paranoid gloom of their dance-punk milieu. Their ninth album shows how dashingly they’ve ripened into their vintage influences. → Read More
The New York Department of Sanitation’s Resident Artist, a Collaborator with Waste and Water, Shifts from the Hudson to the Haw
"For me, this process is about acknowledging these objects that we’ve created and abandoned, as they become part of the landscape." → Read More
Ibibio Sound Machine: Electricity Album Review
The London-based ensemble taps Hot Chip to flesh out the dimensions of its cosmopolitan blend of West African funk and electronic bass music. → Read More
Author & Punisher: Krüller Album Review
The San Diego artist incorporates a grungy alt-rock influence into his grinding industrial music, revealing a tuneful, human side to his work. → Read More
The Jazz Butcher: The Highest in the Land Album Review
The final album from the mercurial post-punk project offers a wellspring of quotable surrealism, showing the substance and self-definition of the late Pat Fish. → Read More
Helga Davis and Shara Nova Plunged a Live Musical Performance into the Deep Well of Their Personal Connection
The multiscreen film they drew up, 'Ocean Body,' screens at CURRENT ArtSpace + Studio this week. → Read More
Steve Gunn: Nakama Album Review
Collaborators including Circuit des Yeux’s Haley Fohr and members of Mdou Moctar’s band reinterpret the guitar virtuoso’s songs, reinforcing his growing stature as a singer-songwriter. → Read More