Matt Lambert

Finding Your First Song by a Pro

Sometimes, let’s face it: You don’t write the songs. That’s okay; you’re in good company. Even artists who’ve won industry awards for their songs don’t always write all their own material. The myth of the visionary songwriter sitting alone and distilling human...
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Record Review: Youth Lagoon

by | Nov 22, 2011 |

Youth Lagoon The Year of Hibernation Boise, ID “An ambient look back at childhood” Only in his early twenties, Trevor Powers of Youth Lagoon already reminisces about childhood innocence in his debut...

Record Review: Wing and Hollow

by | Nov 22, 2011 |

Wing and Hollow Frozen Trees Los Angeles, CA “For that intimate club feeling at home” Frozen Trees, a self-released album from husband-and-wife duo Haven and Jill Lamoureux, is a melancholy, yet...

Record Review: Tyler Ramsey

by | Nov 21, 2011 |

Tyler Ramsey The Valley Wind Asheville, NC “Guitars on top of a mountain…in the middle of the ocean” Tyler Ramsey might have felt like a lucky guy when Band of Horses recruited the North...

Record Review: Pterodactyl

by | Nov 21, 2011 |

Pterodactyl Spills Out Brooklyn, NY "Angular guitars, blistering rhythms, paranoid vocals” Offering one of the finest, most triumphant albums of the year, Brooklyn’s intricate trio Pterodactyl is...

Record Review: Peter Wolf Crier

by | Nov 18, 2011 |

Peter Wolf Crier Garden of Arms Minneapolis, MN “Tightly-woven mix of electronic beats, soulful guitar, and searching lyrics” With Garden of Arms, Peter Wolf Crier’s second album, the band has built...

Record Review: Nurses

by | Nov 18, 2011 |

Nurses Dracula Portland, OR “Fanged avant-pop” In 2009, the Portland-based trio Nurses released Apple’s Acre. Though the LP’s release did not create much buzz in the blogosphere, it did help the...