December 21, 2015|Kara Manning
No surprise that such a lyricist would have an adroit ear.
Nathaniel Rateliff: Five Essential Albums
December 14, 2015|Kara Manning
Musical influences, from Leonard Cohen to Ray Charles to The Band.
The Lone Bellow: Five Essential Albums
November 02, 2015|Kara Manning
The Lone Bellow has been on the road through much of 2015 in support of the band's richly-drawn second album, Then Came The...
Albert Hammond Jr.: Five Essential Albums
September 16, 2015|Kara Manning
Forging a strong solo path away from your megaband, as The Strokes' guitarist Albert Hammond Jr. has done over the last...
Violent Femmes: Five Essential Albums
June 24, 2015|Kara Manning
Earlier this year, Violent Femmes returned with their first collection of new music since the release of 2000's Freak Magnet...
Public Service Broadcasting: Five Essential Albums
April 10, 2015|Kara Manning
J. Willgoose, Esq., one half of the electronic London duo Public Service Broadcasting, is an ardent film and history buff, a...
The Vaselines' Eugene Kelly: Five Essential Albums
December 05, 2014|Kara Manning
From Edwyn Collins and Orange Juice to New York's own Suicide
White Hinterland: Five Essential Albums
June 25, 2014|Kara Manning
Classically-trained Casey Dienel, who records as White Hinterland, breaks down genre barriers on her most recent album Baby...