The Halo Benders - Rebels Not in

The Halo Benders - Rebels Not inThis week in heaven W. Shakespeare and M. Proust are having a no holds bard shoving match to determine who holds the title of literary progenitor of the otherwise completely fresh and original guitar stylings of Doug Martsch and the current set of Halo Benders recordings. On this album Doug wails away on guitar and voice accompanied by Calvin Johnson (also guitar and voice, but with a strong Jackson Pollock influence), Ralf Youtz (playing drums and

releasing it within her spiritual community in the form of private press cassette tapes

Paradise 3

Just Bring It lives up to its name - and then some

For songwriter

capable of bringing a tear to the eye and a fall-on-the-floor laugh

both a celebration of their resilience and a massive step forward into a future they can finally claim as their own

Keep This Be the Way

At the helm were his old compadres from The Dap-Kings

with Damon Albarn playing on melodica on a number of tracks

Carré Kwong Callaway-aka Queen Kwong-was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis and told she may only have a decade left to live

Kamasi Washington on saxophone

it took another half century