Lou Reed once asked, “What becomes a legend most?” No doubt the unfailingly modest Lou Barlow would blanch at being called a “legend.” And yet when you take the long-view, few artists have been as prolific, productive, and influential over the last 20 years. Barlow burst onto the scene as the bass-player in the seminal [...]

I’m more accustomed to hearing quality blues music coming from an album on Fat Possum Records, and Bloodsongs ain’t the blues no matter how you skin it. Put together by Gil Mantera and Ultimate Donny, this release mixes electronica beats with bass, vocals, and guitar to create music that you would expect to hear in [...]