Articles by Oliver Crook

Class of 2020: Prancer Offer Up "Queer Feminist Black Keys"

PUBLISHED Jan 7, 2020

You don't have to talk to Prancer's lead vocalist Thalia Coryn for too long to realize they're taking the next step in a lifelong mission:...

WHOOP-Szo

Warrior Down

PUBLISHED Oct 31, 2019

At points haunting and at others mighty, the constantly poignant Warrior Down by WHOOP-Szo blends cultural disenchantment, grunge and psych...

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Colorado

PUBLISHED Oct 22, 2019

In 1979, Neil Young gave us two options: Burn out or fade away. Fast forward 40 years and we're learning there was a third option: Get the...

Dead Soft

Big Blue

PUBLISHED Oct 17, 2019

Equal parts an ode to isolation and a lament over endless gentrification, Dead Soft's Big Blue boasts a huge sound from the tiny BC island...

WIVES

So Removed

PUBLISHED Oct 7, 2019

Like the Velvet Underground and the Strokes before them, Queens, NY, natives WIVES have taken New York City's trademark grit and grime, add...

Kal Marks

Let the Shit House Burn Down

PUBLISHED Sep 24, 2019

Few bands are able to combine the artful bludgeoning of Sumac with the vulnerability of Tom Waits — but then again, Kal Marks are like few...