Articles by Matt Williams

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  Sturgill Simpson

  A Sailor's Guide To Earth

  PUBLISHED Apr 13, 2016

  With the recent surge in popularity for "real" or "outlaw" country music, many have turned the focal point of discussion about the genre to...

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  Sarah Neufeld

  The Ridge

  PUBLISHED Feb 24, 2016

  A flurry of anxious violin strokes opens The Ridge on its eight-minute title track, rushing headfirst into a climax of splashing cymbals an...

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  Mothers

  When You Walk A Long Distance You Are Tired

  PUBLISHED Feb 24, 2016

  When You Walk A Long Distance You Are Tired begins on an almost unbelievably delicate note, with the plucked acoustic guitar and melancholy...

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  Pinegrove

  Cardinal

  PUBLISHED Feb 10, 2016

  The emotionally charged Cardinal begins with wistful twang and the all-too-common existential dilemma of the young-but-swiftly-aging: the f...

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  Bruce Springsteen

  The Ties That Bind: The River Collection

  PUBLISHED Dec 4, 2015

  The Boss inspires no casual attitudes toward his music; you either can't stand him, or you have a voracious obsession for everything he's e...

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  Steven Lambke

  Days of Heaven

  PUBLISHED Oct 28, 2015

  Days of Heaven, Steven Lambke's first album under his own name, is as gentle an affair as the scene depicted on its cover: a couple in miss...

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  Julien Baker

  Sprained Ankle

  PUBLISHED Oct 23, 2015

  On "Blacktop," Sprained Ankle's powerful opener, Julien Baker sings, "come visit me in the back of an ambulance."   She's calling out to wh...

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  Kurt Vile

  b'lieve i'm goin down…

  PUBLISHED Sep 24, 2015

  On b'lieve I'm goin down… Kurt Vile takes his time, and he takes it easy. Even upbeat opener "Pretty Pimpin" feels like a laidback ro...