Maeri Ferguson

EDITOR’S NOTE: As the end of the year approaches, we’re taking a look back at albums we weren’t able to review when they first came out. Perennial was released in September. Somewhere amid the beautiful tangle of instrumental loops and psychedelic orchestral jams, Woods has once again

The magic of Michael Nau has always resided in his ability to shapeshift. He even has a song about it on his new solo LP, Accompany. “Shiftshaping” is the ideal embodiment of Nau’s sound, the flexible sonic explorations and subdued vocals recorded mostly live to tape. With fifth album

It might sound like the stuff of mythmaking, but Jon Dee Graham died for a moment a few years ago. He passed out after a long set at festival in the hot summer sun, coming back to life thanks to the reviving power of AEDs, and perhaps some greater force

For his latest album, Reflector, Daniel Donato leaves it all on the floor. From the first notes and for more than a full hour, he never lets up for even a second, spinning fiery instrumental arrangements into a blissful tizzy. A product of Nashville in the truest sense — he grew

They just don’t make them like Flatland Cavalry anymore. A six-piece band out of Texas and Nashville, they’ve consistently produced a kind of authentic throwback 1990s country sound, anchored by Cleto Cordero’s deeply felt vocals and an old-school sensibility that strips away all artifice in favor of