Grayson Haver Currin
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Sometimes called the father of freak-folk, the 83-year-old singer-songwriter lived, worked and died on his own terms. -
Thirty years after Portishead's debut, Gibbons' first solo album is the testament of an uncanny singer simply making it through each day. -
The second album from Radiohead offshoot The Smile is very good. But can its singer ever transcend his role in his revolutionary other band? -
What happens when the band that has soundtracked the milestones of your adulthood suddenly feels like it has nothing left to give you? -
For the first time, the band members, their crew and their fans tell the story of a landmark moment they didn't realize was happening. Sonic Youth's new album, Live in Brooklyn 2011, is out this week. -
On her best album to date, Feist mines age and experience, love and loss to shape 12 songs about the hard-earned insights of simply existing. -
The saxophonist and composer resisted his Japanese American heritage for decades. He now funnels that painful and triumphant personal history into a string of vital records. -
Kurt Wagner's Nashville collective has always been an expression of absolute possibility. The Bible, his best album in a decade, points that instinct at life's most inescapable truth. -
Matt Pike overcame long odds to find success in metal bands Sleep and High on Fire. But his deepening obsession with conspiracy theories has created a dissonant riff. -
An arthritis diagnosis means the latest album by the Bay Area band The Dodos is likely its last. It is a striking reminder of the oft-overlooked physical strains of music careers.
