Articles by Eric Hill

The Notwist Forge Musical Links from Broken Global Barriers on 'Vertigo Days'

PUBLISHED Jan 27, 2021

After three decades of bandhood and counting, German outfit the Notwist, formed by brothers Micha and Markus Acher, have long illustrated t...

Woods Can't See the Forest for the Trees on 'Strange to Explain'

PUBLISHED May 21, 2020

After a few passes through Woods' eleventh album it's clear that Strange to Explain is an album that lives in its details. Three years sinc...

Damien Jurado Delivers Yet Another Quietly Magnificent Album with 'What's New, Tomboy?'

PUBLISHED May 6, 2020

Twenty-five years and 15 albums into a career that is especially remarkable in how infrequently it is remarked upon, Damien Jurado provides...

Windy & Carl

Allegiance and Conviction

PUBLISHED Mar 25, 2020

Three decades into a musical career, most artists tend to either reinvent their process or cannibalize their past. Michigan space rock duo...

Spinning Coin

Hyacinth

PUBLISHED Feb 24, 2020

Glasgow outfit Spinning Coin's fortunes were given an early boost with positive attention from Geographic label boss and indie luminary Ste...

Ida Toninato

We Become Giants

PUBLISHED Feb 24, 2020

Birthed in the belly of a steel water tank in the Colorado desert, Montreal-based saxophonist Ida Toninato's new album lives up to its titl...

Henning Schmiedt

Schlafen

PUBLISHED Feb 19, 2020

Henning Schmiedt's approach to Bach's Goldberg Aria is marked by its choices and variations, many of which have as much to do with the reco...

Rebecca Foon

Waxing Moon

PUBLISHED Feb 18, 2020

After releasing two albums under her Saltland moniker, Rebecca Foon, who has also long been a contributing member of Thee Silver Mt. Zion a...