Articles by Kyle Mullin

Tunji Ige

Missed Calls

PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2016

At first, casual listeners might mistake Tunji Ige's new EP, Missed Calls, for a run-of-the-mill mainstream rap release. After all, its pro...

Open Mike Eagle and Paul White

Hella Personal Film Festival

PUBLISHED Mar 29, 2016

Detractors complain that Open Mike Eagle's lyrics are opaque, tangential and often just plain bizarre, but that's short-sighted. Each of th...

Sam Cash & the Romantic Dogs

Tongue-In-Cheek-Vows

PUBLISHED Mar 25, 2016

Sam Cash has called his new album Tongue-in-Cheek Vows; it's an inaccurate title, but the moniker of his grimy, bluesy, garage-y backing ba...

Radio Radio Poke Fun on First English-Language Album 'Light the Sky'

PUBLISHED Mar 8, 2016

On their latest album, Light the Sky (out now on Bonsound) Radio Radio not only crack wise, but also impart wisdom. Gabriel Malenfant, one...

M. Ward's 'More Rain' Harkens Back to Home and Simpler Times

PUBLISHED Mar 2, 2016

There's a difference between being a showman and a showboat. For living proof, look no further than M. Ward, who has little patience for so...

M. Ward

More Rain

PUBLISHED Mar 2, 2016

Ok M. Ward, we get it. You're an earnest, serious songwriter. Does that mean you need to spell every quirky little thing out for us so ofte...

Matt Andersen

Honest Man

PUBLISHED Feb 24, 2016

On the title track of his new LP, Honest Man, Matt Andersen sings: "Am I mountain, or a grain of sand?" That line, oddly enough, encapsulat...

Willie Nelson

Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin

PUBLISHED Feb 24, 2016

Throughout his prolific 60-year career, Willie Nelson has never recorded an album quite like his latest. Skeptics will compare this new LP,...