January 6, 2025—“a great display of the multifacetedness of the artist and shows that he feels connected to who he is, where he comes from, and where he is headed.” – PAN M 360 Wolf Castle’s new record begins in shadow, during a dark night of the Mi’kmaq rapper’s soul. Over the album’s 12 tracks, he traces the moon as it makes its way across the sky, unraveling his own personal anxieties in the darkness, coming to…
January 11, 2023—Elly Hannon In my ears: Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You (Big Thief), Big Time (Angel Olsen), And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow (Weyes Blood), Pre Pleasure (Julia Jacklin) + revisiting: High in the Minuses (Charlotte Cornfield), Case/Lang/Viers, Wednesday Morning 3A.M. (Simon/Garfunkel). Live Music: I was lucky to catch these four intimate shows at Sourwood (my place of work) — JOYFULTALK & Cousins (December), Michael Feuerstack in the…
April 20, 2022—“uplifting, reflective, and spiritual” – Bandcamp“an alchemist of sound” – Backseat Mafia Composer/producer Jay Crocker turns to exuberant noise-tinged polychrome electronic avant-jazz on his third JOYFULTALK album for Constellation Records, Familiar Science. The first single, Take It To The Grave, is “powered from a foundry of scorching locomotive beats that wrestle with Crocker’s lithesome harmolodic guitar” (Backseat Mafia). – watch ‘Ballad in 9’ video // listen // pre-order Familair Science on…