Lambchop Announce New Album Punching The Clown: Hear “Weakened”
[Stereogum] By Tom Breihan Kurt Wagner's Nashville-based indie project Lambchop has been going in one form or another since 1986, and it's been responsible for some devastating music over the years. Today, Wagner announces plans to follow Lambchop's 2022 album The Bible with a new one that has the beautifully evocative title Punching The Clown. Almost since its beginnings, ...
Sugar Roared Back to Life at Their First Show in 31 Years
[Brooklyn Vegan] “Hi, we’re a band called Sugar,” Bob Mould told the packed house at Webster Hall on Saturday night. “It’s been a little bit since our last show.” That’s putting it mildly — this was Sugar’s first show in 31 years — but Bob was running around the stage, spinning like it was 1994. Mould, bassist David Barbe and ...
Lucinda Williams on NYT 30 Greatest Living American Songwriters List
[New York Times] More than 250 music insiders and six New York Times critics weighed in on who defines the new American songbook. Here, in an unranked list, are the artists they chose. Whatever anybody means about a song’s texture turns tactile with Lucinda Williams. Sweat salt. Ice crunch. Oyster grit. Matches. Grease (bacon, engine, ...
‘I thought I’d finish the album then die’: How Angelo De Augustine Came Back From a Medical Nightmare
[The Guardian] By Dave Simpson When the singer-songwriter and Sufjan Stevens collaborator became gravely ill, he had to learn to walk, talk, hear, play and sing again. Music – and a love of antique instrumentation – helped him rebuild On Halloween 2021, Angelo De Augustine was at home in Los Angeles when he suddenly collapsed. ...
