Music

Widowspeak at Georgia Theatre Rooftop, Athens (18 July 2015)

Widowspeak is a Brooklyn,NY-based band formed in 2010 by Molly Hamilton and Robert Earl Thomas. The duo play dreamy, western-tinged shoegaze rock, taking influence from 1950s pop ballads and 1970s psychedelia. Molly has a lovely, lilting voice, ever so slightly raspy, with a breathiness that can lull the listener into a pleasant waking dream. Widowspeak has often been compared to Mazzy Star, and their sound is also somewhat reminiscent of The Cowboy Junkies, who had a 1988 hit with a cover of The Velvet Underground’s Sweet Jane. However, I have a feeling that Widowspeak will stand the test of time a lot better than either of those two acts.

Elephant Revival at the Cedar, Minneapolis (25 Sep 2014)

There's no denying it, bluegrass/Americana music is huge in Minnesota, as demonstrated by the recent Trample by Turtles' Festival Palomino that took place over last weekend. Elephant Revival and the Lowest Pair are currently heading down to "Boats & Bluegrass Festival" and "Maximum Ames Music Festival" in late September, but before stopped all that, they were in town at the Elephant Revival show at Cedar Cultural Center in Minneapolis last night, September 25th.