The Head and The Heart (Sub Pop, 2013) Can we agree to stop comparing everyone to Mumford & Sons? Can we just agree to let that go? Every other review of...
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As we wrap up 2013 and look ahead to a new year in 2014, some of the U.S. Catholic music reviewers took a look back at some of the top songs of the year. Each...
Elvis Costello and The Roots (Blue Note, 2013) The coupling might raise a few eyebrows, but Elvis Costello and hip-hop outfit The Roots have more in common...
The National (4AD, 2013) The National’s latest album, Trouble Will Find Me, is an unabashedly brilliant collection of 13 songs that could easily be the...
Superchunk (Merge Records, 2013) Bands don’t generally age well. Dropped from their labels, their albums gather dust, played only for nostalgia’s...
Vandaveer (Quack Media, 2013) Don’t mess around with guys named Willie. That’s the message in these Appalachian death ballads. Over and over in...
Darius Rucker (Capitol Nashville, 2013) Put on your favorite pair of blue jeans and T-shirt, grab a glass of libations, and settle down for some reminiscing...
Steve Martin and Edie Brickell (Rounder, 2013) Comedy icon, bona fide movie star, best-selling novelist, and accomplished banjo player. If that’s the...
Camera Obscura (4AD, 2013) Beauty is worth waiting for, as is joy. The Scottish band Camera Obscura’s magnificent album My Maudlin Career was released to...
Jim James (ATO Records, 2013) Kentucky rock outfit My Morning Jacket made its name in the early 2000s off its signature brew of country and psychedelic rock...
