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Fiery Furnaces: Sentimentalist Magazine Interview
Though it’s hard to imagine, in an era when Radiohead takes four years between releases, there was a time not too very long ago when the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, and Bob Dylan were releasing one and sometimes two full-length releases each and every year. No doubt, such prolonged gestation periods are a luxury we [...]
Th’ Legendary Shack Shakers – “Swampblood” : Sentimentalist Magazine Review
If I was ever in a cemetery in the middle of Kentucky during an invasive tornado, I would imagine Th’ Shack Shakers would be playing. This spooky country-rock group has returned with another titillating album exploring the South with a dirty old harmonica and a rolling banjo. This record is the final installment of the [...]
Magnet - “The Simple Life” : Sentimentalist Magazine Review
An intimate, uncompromising album, The Simple Life is a reflection of just that: everyday living. A blend of bluegrass twinges, artful minimalism, and lush acoustics, Magnet brainchild Even Johansen conveys a sense of impressionable charm with songs like “Lonely No More” and “Volatile.” Clattering drums often leak beyond the margins, giving a haphazard feel to [...]
Thurston Moore - “Trees Outside the Academy” : Sentimentalist Magazine Review
In Sonic Youth’s universe, putting Moore behind an acoustic guitar is sort of like exceeding the speed of light. Electrically-driven noise has been the medium on which his experimentation travels, and to upset it with the clean delivery of an acoustic guitar is to send a ripple through his entire body of work. The result, [...]
Schoolyard Heroes – “Abominations” : Sentimentalist Magazine Review
Take the moxie of Gwen Stefani, add a generous helping of badass, dye her hair black, put a frilly dress on her and bless the girl with opera-trained pipes, and you’ve got 22-year-old Ryann Donnelly, lead singer of Schoolyard Heroes, and sure to be the female equivalent of My Chemical Romance’s Gerard Way in just [...]
Sleeping States - “There The Open Spaces” : Sentimentalist Magazine Review
No one understands patience and pacing quite like the dour English. While we’re on the subject, nobody has quite mastered the mixing of synths and acoustics quite like the Brits either. On Open Spaces, Midlands-born Markland Starkie masters pacing and synergy as he rambles through quiet arrangements and pretty harmonies, gently blurring the line between [...]
Terra Diablo - “Deluge Songs” : Sentimentalist Magazine Review
As soon as the first trickle of opening track “Captain of the Simpletons” leaks out, it’s obvious that Deluge Songs is going to be a guitar-slathered experience. If it was 1995, these guys would be huge. Whether they have the power to convince the world otherwise, only time will tell, but “Disappearing Act” can’t [...]
KT Tunstall - “Drastic Fantastic” : Sentimentalist Magazine Review
There’s so much Nashville spirit and New Orleans soul that courses through Scottish husky-voiced blues-pop sensation Tunstall, it’s hard to imagine she’s not from the Delta region. Given all her multi-platinum success, there’s nothing drastic here, rather just the opposite: plenty of vulnerable, raspy delivery, world-weary confessions, broken hearts and the faintest smell of whiskey. [...]
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