Tamara Lindeman‘s evolution as a song writer is nothing short of staggering. Her first songs were recorded to help her grieve; she learned chords, new instruments and how recording works in almost real-time, needing all to document her most personal thoughts. She was rough around the edges, although truthfully, her songs did their best to(…)
“And some kids who heard, saw me in them, at a time when music was everything.” On the autobiographical “Almost Everything”, Hayden Desser sings of kids putting themselves into his mopey, heartfelt songs. Hayden sung what he knew, whether it was confusion or a love burning as bright and fast as a shooting star. The(…)
It’s really quite pleasing when an album you’ve been anticipating for a while ends up exceeding your expectations. Vancouver producer Tor makes really good instrumental, downtempo/hip hop-influenced music, and I’d been supremely impressed each and every time we were sent some of his work. But I’d been waiting a while (a couple years maybe) for(…)
The concept is simple; when we fall in love with a record and cover it on herohill we reach out to the artist and ask for a song-by-song breakdown of their latest release, hoping to give the reader a window into the creative process. Whether it’s about the lyrics, the timing, or finding the sound,(…)
As I was watching Dwight Howard’s corpse limp lifelessly around the key last night in search of braaaaaaaaaaains, I was hit by an idea to help promote great labels we love. It probably didn’t hurt the naming process watching twitter explode over Pau’s benching, but the phrase I kept coming back to was “the starting(…)
It’s almost too easy to fall inline when it comes to crafting a sonic tapestry in today’s folk scene. The same chords and metaphors are shared freely in the public domain, with artists afraid that any deviation is at best a risk, and more often than not, a death sentence. For Halifax based noise folker(…)
Nathan Lawr is no stranger to political subject matter, but his output under the Minotaurs moniker is his most inspired to date. It might also be the most important. Using the pace, rhythms and triumphant horns of afrobeat, the idea of New Believers is more than just the title of a record. It’s a necessity.(…)
It’s getting close to Christmas, and all the year-end lists are snuggled in bed with kerchief and caps. All that’s left is awkward high school reunion like gatherings and drunken political discussions with over touchy uncles. Naturally, I’d expect you to play nothing but Boney M during this next fortnight, but if you need a(…)
I wish I had more interest in prioritizing the records I love from the last calendar year. Normally it’s one of my favorite posts of the year, one I debate internally for hours. This year, I realized that when you write daily, documenting an arbitrary time period truly becomes (at best) vain or (at worst)(…)
Here’s a fact about me: I love a good video premiere. I love it even more when it’s for a song that I think is completely fantastic and has an amazing video to boot. Melt from producer Ryan Stinson’s last EP FUTURA is both of those things and then some. As I said of this(…)
