IN THE 1990s, Eric Bachmann was howling through scrappy PA systems in living rooms in the middle of nowhere, shaking the floorboards with his Archers of Loaf bandmates. A Bachmann […]
Merge Records
Posted inMusic & Clubs
Allison Crutchfield: ‘That’s obviously super-freeing, to be totally self-reliant’
AFTER YEARS as a patron saint of DIY music, Allison Crutchfield is striking out on her own with Tourist in this Town, her Merge Records debut. The 28-year-old began playing […]
Posted inMusic & Clubs
Learning how to dance with Mount Moriah
Through ten elegant yet homespun tracks, Heather McEntire engages the darkness head-on, and, in doing so, illuminates a path for her listeners
Posted inMusic & Clubs
Mountain Goats’ Jon Wurster talks about their new wrestling-themed LP
FROM middle school until early high school, The Mountain Goats were My Band. Insofar as I was a fanboy in any capacity, I was a Mountain Goats fanboy, and the […]
Posted inMusic & Clubs
Pre-Game for Savannah Stopover with King Tuff, Ex Hex
It’ll be throwback garage heaven at Hang Fire.