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ALBUM REVIEW: Sean Thompson's Weird Ears 'Head in the Sand' Makes Peace with Uncertainty

ALBUM REVIEW: Sean Thompson's Weird Ears 'Head in the Sand' Makes Peace with Uncertainty

A “storm’s coming tonight,” warns Sean Thompson on the second track of his second Weird Ears LP. Engaging in a timeless country motif, he uses the weather phenomenon as a stand-in for personal dread, anxiety and grief: “The anticipation is making me sick”. A deceptively-slick rocker, punctuated by electrifying

ALBUM REVIEW: Joel Timmons' Debut Solo Album, 'Psychedelic Surf Country' Offers a Musical Kaleidoscope of his World

ALBUM REVIEW: Joel Timmons' Debut Solo Album, 'Psychedelic Surf Country' Offers a Musical Kaleidoscope of his World

ALBUM REVIEW: On 'You Can't Tell Me I'm Not What I Used To Be' Massy Ferguson Steps Up

ALBUM REVIEW: On 'You Can't Tell Me I'm Not What I Used To Be' Massy Ferguson Steps Up

ALBUM REVIEW: Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory Reach for New Heights

ALBUM REVIEW: Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory Reach for New Heights

ALBUM REVIEW: On 'Swimming' Sam Moss Searches Out the Light

ALBUM REVIEW: On 'Swimming' Sam Moss Searches Out the Light

ALBUM REVIEW: Bonnie 'Prince' Billy Contemplates Life's Meaning on 'The Purple Bird'

ALBUM REVIEW: Bonnie 'Prince' Billy Contemplates Life's Meaning on 'The Purple Bird'

ALBUM REVIEW: On 'Precious Bane' Jim White Teams Up with Long-Time Pal for Project Inspired by Book She Gave Him

ALBUM REVIEW: On 'Precious Bane' Jim White Teams Up with Long-Time Pal for Project Inspired by Book She Gave Him