Articles by Mark Anthony Brennan

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  John Cale

  Fragments of a Rainy Season

  PUBLISHED Dec 9, 2016

  Although not quite as celebrated as his Velvet Underground bandmate Lou Reed, John Cale has an impressive body of solo work. In 1992, just...

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  Giant Claw

  Deep Thoughts

  PUBLISHED Nov 6, 2016

  On new album Deep Thoughts, Giant Claw (Keith Rankin) is clearly having fun, and he wants you to join in. It's beyond mere exuberance: the...

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  Colin Stetson

  SORROW

  PUBLISHED Apr 8, 2016

  Colin Stetson has chosen to follow up last year's collaboration with Sarah Neufeld (the superb Never Were the Way She Was) with an entire a...

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  Cloudland Canyon

  An Arabesque

  PUBLISHED Feb 19, 2016

  In the past, Cloudland Canyon have created music in the format of longer suites, but with An Arabesque, they opt for more standard-length t...

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  Marching Church

  Coming Down: Sessions in April

  PUBLISHED Feb 19, 2016

  Marching Church, the brainchild of Iceage vocalist Elias Bender Rønnenfelt turned full band, have followed up their debut album This World...

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  Black Country

  Black Country

  PUBLISHED Jan 29, 2016

  After an opening instrumental of gorgeous alt-country ambience, the title track "Black Country" — it's the name of the record and the band...

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  Psychic Pollution

  Tanz Für Dunklen Seelen (Dance for Dark Souls)

  PUBLISHED Jan 9, 2016

  The opening track Psychic Pollution's Tanz Für Dunklen Seelen (Dance for Dark Souls) starts with an inflexible metallic beat, which is even...

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  Linear Downfall

  Sufferland

  PUBLISHED Nov 6, 2015

  Nashville's Linear Downfall are experimentalists who bring a variety of tools to the task, including electronic music, field recordings, so...