Dream, Ivory: About A Boy [Album Review]

Dream, IvoryAbout A BoyAWAL [2022] The music of Dream, Ivory is the product of Filipino/American twentysomething siblings raised on the endless musical resource of the internet. The duo released an eponymously titled EP in 2016, which their bio describes as the product of “hip hop heads celebrated for their skilled shoegaze.” In the intervening years, … Read more

Dashboard Confessional: All The Truth That I Can Tell [Album Review]

Dashboard ConfessionalAll The Truth That I Can TellHidden Note Records/AWAL [2022] Harlan Howard’s oft repeated description of country music as “three chords and the truth,” has been picked up by artists across the musical spectrum, from U2 and Van Morrison to punk bands who weren’t convinced that third chord was entirely necessary. In “Pain Free … Read more

The Babe Rainbow – “Ready For Tomorrow” [Video]

Australian folk psych band The Babe Rainbow, released their fourth album Changing Colours, via Eureka Music/AWAL/Flightless Records on May 14th. Here is the video for the latest single “Ready For Tomorrow” that was made by Jordan Malane and the Babe Rainbow and filmed at the Eltham Hotel. Just over six years ago the three core … Read more