Articles by Paul Blinov

Gruff Rhys

Babelsberg

PUBLISHED Jun 5, 2018

Gruff Rhys's decades-long career has been built out of oddball musical turns — for one, having Paul McCartney's guest spot on a Super Furry...

Colin Stetson

Hereditary

PUBLISHED Jun 5, 2018

Colin Stetson's avant-garde saxophone work doesn't inherently skew into horror, but it isn't much of a reach either. Some of his finest com...

Peach Kelli Pop

Gentle Leader

PUBLISHED May 23, 2018

If last month's Which Witch EP delivered Peach Kelli Pop's signature rocket-speed hooky punk by blasting through six songs in seven minutes...

Frog Eyes

Violet Psalms

PUBLISHED May 16, 2018

Near the beginning of Frog Eyes' eighth and final album, Carey Mercer offers a prophetic line: "Sometimes you've got to be / the door that...

Frog Eyes Face a Tour Conundrum: Play 'Violet Psalms' or Celebrate Their 17-Year Career?

PUBLISHED May 15, 2018

"I didn't really think it out, but when you announce a new record and go on tour, you play most of the new record," Frog Eyes' Carey Mercer...

Frog Eyes Explain Why New Album 'Violet Psalms' Is Also Goodbye

PUBLISHED May 11, 2018

"It just kinda popped out of my mouth," Carey Mercer tells Exclaim! "What if this was our last record?"   He was sitting with the rest of F...

Black Moth Super Rainbow

Panic Blooms

PUBLISHED May 2, 2018

The opening warbles of Panic Blooms tease out Black Moth Super Rainbow's now-customary contradictions: acceptance and unease, disintegratin...

Eleanor Friedberger

Rebound

PUBLISHED Apr 30, 2018

Now four albums and seven years away from the Fiery Furnaces, Eleanor Friedberger continues to let her songwriting range over new sounds. R...