I recently stumbled across these guys while tumbling down the Soundcloud rabbit hole. Seriously, finding music like this, by accident, is like finding gold. It's sort of like you just got away with something...know what I mean? Ten years ago, the [Click here to open...]
The Ericksons – Bring Me Home
When we set out to create The Ark of Music, there was a short list of artists that we felt we absolutely must review---regardless of when their last album was released. The Ericksons were on that list (which included other Midwestern greats like The [Click here to open...]
Thunderbird – Heavyweight
If you thought the classic hair-band music of the late 70's and through the 80's was dead and gone...think again. Hard rock veterans, Thunderbird are keeping the genre alive and well, and are doing so with original, hand-crafted material. There is [Click here to open...]
Thomas Charlie Pedersen – Second Hand War
For about a decade, Thomas Charlie Pedersen has been making music---really good music---with his band, Vinyl Floor. And, like most veteran artists (particularly the singer/songwriter multi-instrumentalists types), this Copenhagen, Denmark native felt [Click here to open...]
Jon Hopkins – Opalescent (2016 reissue)
Fifteen years ago the London based electro-artist, Jon Hopkins, released his original issue of Opalescent...at the tender age of 20. The electronic community fell in love with it, and him, and rightfully so. Fast forward one-and-a-half decades, and [Click here to open...]
Arjun – Gravity
A lot of good things have been said about the New York rock-blues-jazz fusion instrumental jam-band known as Arjun, and we are happily and shamelessly jumping on that wagon of praise. Consisting of Eddie Arjun Peters (guitar), Lamar Myers (drums), [Click here to open...]
Wild Beasts – Boy King
Having released five previous albums and a slew of singles, the UK-based pop quartet known as Wild Beasts have been doin' it for a while...since 2002, in fact. Originally a duo called Fauve, consisting of founding members Hayden Thorpe (guitar, [Click here to open...]
Ben Lubeck – Rented Rooms
I met Ben Lubeck after a show in a small bar in Madison, WI. He'd just finished performing with his band, Farewell Milwaukee. I was baffled at how few people were there. (A phenomenon to which I've been witness all too many times lately, whereby [Click here to open...]